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Phase Diagram of the BCC S=1/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnet with First and Second Neighbor Exchange
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 between AF (Ne\'el)
and AF ordered phases. The high temperature series yield quite accurate
estimates of the bounding critical line for the AF phase, and an apparent
critical line for the AF phase, with a bicritical point at , . The possibility that this latter transition is
first-order cannot be excluded.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure