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Spin-Nematic and Spin-Density-Wave Orders in Spatially Anisotropic Frustrated Magnets in a Magnetic Field
We develop a microscopic theory of finite-temperature spin-nematic orderings
in three-dimensional spatially anisotropic magnets consisting of weakly-coupled
frustrated spin-1/2 chains with nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor
couplings in a magnetic field. Combining a field theoretical technique with
density-matrix renormalization group results, we complete finite-temperature
phase diagrams in a wide magnetic-field range that possess spin-bond-nematic
and incommensurate spin-density-wave ordered phases. The effects of a four-spin
interaction are also studied. The relevance of our results to
quasi-one-dimensional edge-shared cuprate magnets such as LiCuVO4 is discussed.Comment: 5 pages (2 column version), 4 figures, Revtex, published versio
Multi-Triplet Magnons in SrCu(BO) Studied by Thermal Conductivity Measurements in Magnetic Fields
We have measured the thermal conductivity parallel to the a-axis of the
Zn-free and 1% Zn-substituted SrCuZn(BO) in magnetic fields
up to 14 T, in order to examine the thermal conductivity due to the
multi-triplet magnons. It has been found that the thermal conductivity peak
observed in the spin gap state is suppressed by the substitution of Zn for Cu
in high magnetic fields above 6 T, while it is not changed in low magnetic
fields below 6 T. The results suggest that the thermal conductivity peak in the
spin-gap state of SrCu(BO) is composed of not only thermal
conductivity due to phonons but also that due to the multi-triplet magnons in
high fields above 6 T.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Magnetization plateaus as insulator-superfluid transitions in quantum spin systems
We study the magnetization process in two-dimensional S=1/2 spin systems, to
discuss the appearance of a plateau structure. The following three cases are
considered: (1) the Heisenberg antiferromagnet and multiple-spin exchange model
on the triangular lattice, (2) Shastry-Sutherland type lattice, [which is a
possible model for SrCu2(BO3)2,] (3) 1/5-depleted lattice (for CaV4O9). We find
in these systems that magnetization plateaus can appear owing to a transition
from superfluid to a Mott insulator of magnetic excitations. The plateau states
have CDW order of the excitations. The magnetizations of the plateaus depend on
components of the magnetic excitations, range of the repulsive interaction, and
the geometry of the lattice.Comment: 5 pages, RevTeX, 7 figures, note and reference adde
Instability of isolated triplet excitations on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice (SSL)
Configurations of singlets and triplets on the SSL have been proposed in the
literature as variational ground states of the Shastry-Sutherland model at
fixed magnetization M. We prove, that isolated triplet excitations on the SSL
are unstable if the coupling alpha falls below a critical value alpha_c=2.0
(approx.). The instability should be visible in the compound SrCu_2(BO_3)_2
where a coupling alpha^*=1.48 is realized.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, RevTe
Spin-Wave Theory of the Multiple-Spin Exchange Model on a Triangular Lattice in a Magnetic Field : 3-Sublattice Structures
We study the spin wave in the S=1/2 multiple-spin exchange model on a
triangular lattice in a magnetic field within the linear spin-wave theory. We
take only two-, three- and four-spin exchange interactions into account and
restrict ourselves to the region where a coplanar three-sublattice state is the
mean-field ground state. We found that the Y-shape ground state survives
quantum fluctuations and the phase transition to a phase with a 6-sublattice
structure occurs with softening of the spin wave. We estimated the quantum
corrections to the ground state sublattice magnetizations due to zero-point
spin-wave fluctuations.Comment: 8 pages, 20 figure
Generalised Shastry-Sutherland Models in three and higher dimensions
We construct Heisenberg anti-ferromagnetic models in arbitrary dimensions
that have isotropic valence bond crystals (VBC) as their exact ground states.
The d=2 model is the Shastry-Sutherland model. In the 3-d case we show that it
is possible to have a lattice structure, analogous to that of SrCu_2(BO_3)_2,
where the stronger bonds are associated with shorter bond lengths. A dimer mean
field theory becomes exact at d -> infinity and a systematic 1/d expansion can
be developed about it. We study the Neel-VBC transition at large d and find
that the transition is first order in even but second order in odd dimensions.Comment: Published version; slightly expande
Low-Lying Magnetic Excitation of the Shastry-Sutherland Model
By using perturbation calculation and numerical diagonalization, low-energy
spin dynamics of the Shastry-Sutherland model is investigated paying particular
attention to the two-particle coherent motion. In addition to spin-singlet- and
triplet bound states, we find novel branches of coherent motion of a bound
quintet pair, which are usually unstable because of repulsion. Unusual
dispersion observed in neutron-scattering measurements are explained by the
present theory. The importance of the effects of phonon is also pointed out.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures combined into 1 PSfile. Final version to appear in
Phys.Rev.Lett. (Jan. 2000
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