Specific heat of defects in the Haldane system Y2BaNiO5

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作者
Batista, CD [1 ]
Hallberg, K
Aligia, AA
机构
[1] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Ctr Atom Bariloche, RA-8100 SC De Bariloche, Argentina
[2] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Inst Balseiro, RA-8100 SC De Bariloche, Argentina
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1998年 / 58卷 / 14期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.58.9248
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We calculate the specific heat C(B,T) of the antiferromagnetic spin-1 chain compound Y2BaNi1-xZnxO5 as a function of magnetic field B and temperature T. The low-energy spectrum of an anisotropic Heisenberg Hamiltonian has been solved using the density-matrix renormalization-group theory. Considering the experimental values for the parameters and an approximate model for interchain interactions the observed C(B,T) is quantitatively reproduced. For large chains (N>50) we find asymptotically free S=1/2 states. Our results are thus also consistent with electron-spin-resonance data for NENP. [S0163-1829(98)05 137-6].
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页码:9248 / 9251
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