Nov, 2003
Nonlinear sigma model method for the J(1)-J(2) Heisenberg model: Disordered ground state with plaquette symmetry
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
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- Volume
- 91
- Number
- 19
- First page
- 197202-1
- Last page
- 197202-4
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.197202
- Publisher
- AMER PHYSICAL SOC
A novel nonlinear sigma model method is proposed for the two-dimensional J(1)-J(2) model, which is extended to include plaquette-type distortion. The nonlinear sigma model is properly derived without spoiling the original spin degrees of freedom. The method shows that a single disordered phase continuously extends from a frustrated uniform regime to an unfrustrated distorted regime. By the continuity and Oshikawa's commensurability condition, the disordered ground states for the uniform J(1)-J(2) model are plaquette states with fourfold degeneracy.
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- DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.197202
- ISSN : 0031-9007
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000186422700040