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Existence of the magnetization plateau in a class of exactly solvable Ising-Heisenberg chains
The mapping transformation technique is applied to obtain exact results for
the spin-1/2 and spin-S (S=1/2,1) Ising-Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain in
the presence of an external magnetic field. Within this scheme, a field-induced
first-order metamagnetic transition resulting in multiplateau magnetization
curves, is investigated in detail. It is found that the scenario of the plateau
formation depends fundamentally on the ratio between Ising and Heisenbrg
interaction constants, as well as on the anisotropy strength of the XXZ
Heisenberg interaction.Comment: 16 pages, 10 figures, submitted to J. Phys: Condens. Matte