65 research outputs found
Bose-Hubbard model on a star lattice
We analyze the Bose-Hubbard model of hardcore bosons with nearest neighbor
hopping and repulsive interactions on a star lattice using both quantum Monte
Carlo simulation and dual vortex theory. We obtain the phase diagram of this
model as a function of the chemical potential and the relative strength of
hopping and interaction. In the strong interaction regime, we find that the
Mott phases of the model at 1/2 and 1/3 fillings, in contrast to their
counterparts on square, triangular, and Kagome lattices, are either
translationally invariant resonant valence bond (RVB) phases with no
density-wave order or have coexisting density-wave and RVB orders. We also find
that upon increasing the relative strength of hopping and interaction, the
translationally invariant Mott states undergo direct second order
superfluid-insulator quantum phase transitions. We compute the critical
exponents for these transitions and argue using the dual vortex picture that
the transitions, when approached through the tip of the Mott lobe, belong to
the inverted XY universality class.Comment: 10 pages, 18 figures, minor changes, two references adde
Quantum order by disorder in a spin-one frustrated magnet on the kagome lattice
We study the XXZ spin-one quantum magnet on the kagome lattice as an example
where quantum fluctuations on highly degenerate classical ground states lead to
various exotic quantum ground states. Previous studies have predicted several
quantum phases, but different analytical approaches do not necessarily lead to
the same physical picture. In this work, we use Quantum Monte Carlo
computations to critically examine some of the predictions made in the
string-net mean-field theory and the degenerate perturbation theory combined
with duality analysis and effective field theory. It is found that the
resulting phase diagram differs from some of the previous predictions. Further
implications of our results to different analytical approaches are discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 12 figure
Classical antiferromagnet on a hyperkagome lattice
Motivated by recent experiments on Na_4Ir_3O_8 [Y. Okamoto, M. Nohara, H.
Aruga-Katori, and H. Takagi, arXiv:0705.2821 (unpublished)], we study the
classical antiferromagnet on a frustrated three-dimensional lattice obtained by
selectively removing one of four sites in each tetrahedron of the pyrochlore
lattice. This ``hyperkagome'' lattice consists of corner-sharing triangles. We
present the results of large-N mean field theory and Monte Carlo computations
on O(N) classical spin models. It is found that the classical ground states are
highly degenerate. Nonetheless a nematic order emerges at low temperatures in
the Heisenberg model (N=3) via ``order by disorder'', representing the
dominance of coplanar spin configurations. Implications for ongoing experiments
are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures, published versio
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