RANDOM QUANTUM SPIN CHAINS - A REAL-SPACE RENORMALIZATION-GROUP STUDY

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作者
WESTERBERG, E
FURUSAKI, A
SIGRIST, M
LEE, PA
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[1] Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
[2] Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4302
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Quantum Heisenberg spin chains with random couplings and spin sizes are studied using a real-space renormalization group technique. These systems belong to a new universality class of disordered quantum spin systems realized in, e.g., Sr3CuPt1-xIrxO6. The low-energy fixed point is characterized by the formation of weakly coupled large effective spins. At low temperature T the entropy obeys a power law T-delta (delta approximate to 0.44), and the susceptibility follows a Curie-like behavior.
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