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    Phase Diagram of the BCC S=1/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnet with First and Second Neighbor Exchange

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    We use linked-cluster series expansions, both at T=0 and high temperature, to analyse the phase structure of the spin-\half Heisenberg antiferromagnet with competing first and second-neighbor interactions on the 3-dimensional body-centred-cubic lattice. At zero temperature we find a first-order quantum phase transition at J2/J1≃0.705Β±0.005J_2/J_1 \simeq 0.705 \pm 0.005 between AF1_1 (Ne\'el) and AF2_2 ordered phases. The high temperature series yield quite accurate estimates of the bounding critical line for the AF1_1 phase, and an apparent critical line for the AF2_2 phase, with a bicritical point at J1/J2≃0.71J_1/J_2\simeq 0.71, kT/J1≃0.34kT/J_1\simeq 0.34. The possibility that this latter transition is first-order cannot be excluded.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
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