In the present paper, we calculate the Gaussian correction to the critical value J^c⊥ caused by quantum spin fluctuation in a two-dimensional spatially anisotropic Heisenberg antiferromagnet with integer spin S. Prev...In the present paper, we calculate the Gaussian correction to the critical value J^c⊥ caused by quantum spin fluctuation in a two-dimensional spatially anisotropic Heisenberg antiferromagnet with integer spin S. Previously, some authors computed this quantity by the mean-field theory based on the Sehwinger boson representation of spin operators. However, for S = 1, their result is much less than the one derived by numerical calculations. By taking the effect of quantum spin fluctuation into consideration, we are able to produce a greatly improved result.展开更多
In the present paper, we investigate the quantum phase transition in a spatially anisotropic antiferrornagnetic Heisenberg model of S =1 with single-ion energy anisotropy. By using the Schwinger boson representation, ...In the present paper, we investigate the quantum phase transition in a spatially anisotropic antiferrornagnetic Heisenberg model of S =1 with single-ion energy anisotropy. By using the Schwinger boson representation, we calculate the Gaussian correction to the critical value J⊥^c caused by quantum spin fluctuations. We find that, for the positive single-ion energy, a nonzero value of J⊥^c is always needed to stabilize the antiferromagnetic long-range order in this model. It resolves a difference among literature and shows clearly that the effect of quantum fluctuations may qualitatively change a result obtained by the mean-field theories on lower-dimensional systems.展开更多
基金The project partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 90403003 Numerical computation of this work was carried out on the Parallel Computer Cluster of Institute for Condensed Matter Physics (ICMP) at School of Physics, Peking University.
文摘In the present paper, we calculate the Gaussian correction to the critical value J^c⊥ caused by quantum spin fluctuation in a two-dimensional spatially anisotropic Heisenberg antiferromagnet with integer spin S. Previously, some authors computed this quantity by the mean-field theory based on the Sehwinger boson representation of spin operators. However, for S = 1, their result is much less than the one derived by numerical calculations. By taking the effect of quantum spin fluctuation into consideration, we are able to produce a greatly improved result.
基金The project partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 90403003 We thank Prof. Xiao-Qun Wang and Prof. Tao Li for useful discussions. Numerical computation of this work was carried out on the Parallel Computer Cluster of Insti- tute for Condensed Matter Physics (ICMP) at School of Physics, Peking University.
文摘In the present paper, we investigate the quantum phase transition in a spatially anisotropic antiferrornagnetic Heisenberg model of S =1 with single-ion energy anisotropy. By using the Schwinger boson representation, we calculate the Gaussian correction to the critical value J⊥^c caused by quantum spin fluctuations. We find that, for the positive single-ion energy, a nonzero value of J⊥^c is always needed to stabilize the antiferromagnetic long-range order in this model. It resolves a difference among literature and shows clearly that the effect of quantum fluctuations may qualitatively change a result obtained by the mean-field theories on lower-dimensional systems.