Quantum criticality of the kagome antiferromagnet with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions

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作者
Huh, Yejin [1 ]
Fritz, Lars [1 ,2 ]
Sachdev, Subir [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Univ Cologne, Inst Theoret Phys, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2010年 / 81卷 / 14期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
HEISENBERG ANTIFERROMAGNETS; WEAK FERROMAGNETISM; LATTICE; STATES;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.144432
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We investigate the zero-temperature phase diagram of the nearest-neighbor kagome antiferromagnet in the presence of Dzyaloshinksii-Moriya interaction. We develop a theory for the transition between Z(2) spin liquids with bosonic spinons and a phase with antiferromagnetic long-range order. Connections to recent numerical studies and experiments are discussed.
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