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Unconventional magnetization plateaus in a Shastry-Sutherland spin tube
Using density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) and perturbative continuous
unitary transformations (PCUTs), we study the magnetization process in a
magnetic field for all coupling strengths of a quasi-1D version of the 2D
Shastry-Sutherland lattice, a frustrated spin tube made of two orthogonal dimer
chains. At small inter-dimer coupling, plateaus in the magnetization appear at
1/6, 1/4, 1/3, 3/8, and 1/2. As in 2D, they correspond to a Wigner crystal of
triplons. However, close to the boundary of the product singlet phase, plateaus
of a new type appear at 1/5 and 3/4. They are stabilized by the localization of
{\it bound states} of triplons. Their magnetization profile differs
significantly from that of single triplon plateaus and leads to specific NMR
signatures. We address the possibility to stabilize such plateaus in further
geometries by analyzing small finite clusters using exact diagonalizations and
the PCUTs.Comment: Final version as published in EP
Dynamic and thermodynamic properties of the generalised diamond chain model for azurite
The natural mineral azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 is an interesting spin-1/2 quantum
antiferromagnet. Recently, a generalised diamond chain model has been
established as a good description of the magnetic properties of azurite with
parameters placing it in a highly frustrated parameter regime. Here we explore
further properties of this model for azurite. First, we determine the inelastic
neutron scattering spectrum in the absence of a magnetic field and find good
agreement with experiments, thus lending further support to the model.
Furthermore, we present numerical data for the magnetocaloric effect and
predict that strong cooling should be observed during adiabatic
(de)magnetisation of azurite in magnetic fields slightly above 30T. Finally,
the presence of a dominant dimer interaction in azurite suggests the use of
effective Hamiltonians for an effective low-energy description and we propose
that such an approach may be useful to fully account for the three-dimensional
coupling geometry.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures; to appear in: J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (special
issue on geometrically frustrated magnetism