Excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet
We use series expansion methods to calculate the dispersion relation of the one-magnon excitations for the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice nearest-neighbor Heisenberg antiferromagnet above a three-sublattice ordered ground state. Several striking features are observed compared to the classical (large-S)...
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| description | We use series expansion methods to calculate the dispersion relation of the one-magnon excitations for the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice nearest-neighbor Heisenberg antiferromagnet above a three-sublattice ordered ground state. Several striking features are observed compared to the classical (large-S) spin-wave spectra. Whereas at low energies the dispersion is only weakly renormalized by quantum fluctuations, significant anomalies are observed at high energies. In particular, we find roton-like minima at special wave-vectors and strong downward renormalization in large parts of the Brillouin zone, leading to very flat or dispersionless modes. We present detailed comparison of our calculated excitation energies in the Brillouin zone with the spin-wave dispersion to order 1/S calculated recently by Starykh, Chubukov, and Abanov [cond-mat/0608002]. We find many common features but also some quantitative and qualitative differences. We show that at temperatures as low as 0.1J the thermally excited rotons make a significant contribution to the entropy. Consequently, unlike for the square lattice model, a non-linear sigma model description of the finite-temperature properties is only applicable at extremely low temperatures. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:aff0a413-1336-48ad-a560-392a8d3df94e2022-03-27T03:52:55ZExcitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnetJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:aff0a413-1336-48ad-a560-392a8d3df94eEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2006Zheng, WFjaerestad, JSingh, RMcKenzie, RColdea, RWe use series expansion methods to calculate the dispersion relation of the one-magnon excitations for the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice nearest-neighbor Heisenberg antiferromagnet above a three-sublattice ordered ground state. Several striking features are observed compared to the classical (large-S) spin-wave spectra. Whereas at low energies the dispersion is only weakly renormalized by quantum fluctuations, significant anomalies are observed at high energies. In particular, we find roton-like minima at special wave-vectors and strong downward renormalization in large parts of the Brillouin zone, leading to very flat or dispersionless modes. We present detailed comparison of our calculated excitation energies in the Brillouin zone with the spin-wave dispersion to order 1/S calculated recently by Starykh, Chubukov, and Abanov [cond-mat/0608002]. We find many common features but also some quantitative and qualitative differences. We show that at temperatures as low as 0.1J the thermally excited rotons make a significant contribution to the entropy. Consequently, unlike for the square lattice model, a non-linear sigma model description of the finite-temperature properties is only applicable at extremely low temperatures. |
| spellingShingle | Zheng, W Fjaerestad, J Singh, R McKenzie, R Coldea, R Excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet |
| title | Excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg
antiferromagnet |
| title_full | Excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg
antiferromagnet |
| title_fullStr | Excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg
antiferromagnet |
| title_full_unstemmed | Excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg
antiferromagnet |
| title_short | Excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg
antiferromagnet |
| title_sort | excitation spectra of the spin 1 2 triangular lattice heisenberg antiferromagnet |
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