Anomalous magnetization process in frustrated spin ladders

Abstract

We study, at T=0, the anomalies in the magnetization curve of the S=1 two-leg ladder with frustrated interactions. We focus mainly on the existence of the M=\Ms/2 plateau, where \Ms is the saturation magnetization. We use analytical methods (degenerate perturbation theory and non-Abelian bosonization) as well as numerical methods (level spectroscopy and density matrix renormalization group), which lead to the consistent conclusion with each other. We also touch on the M=\Ms/4 and M=(3/4)\Ms plateaux and cusps.Comment: 4 pages, 7 figures (embedded), Conference paper (Highly Frustrated Magnetism 2003, 26-30th August 2003, Grenoble, France