GAPLESS SPIN-FLUID GROUND-STATE IN A RANDOM QUANTUM HEISENBERG MAGNET

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SACHDEV, S [1 ]
YE, JW [1 ]
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[1] YALE UNIV,DEPT APPL PHYS,NEW HAVEN,CT 06520
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3339
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We examine the spin-S quantum Heisenberg magnet with Gaussian-random, infinite-range exchange interactions. The quantum-disordered phase is accessed by generalizing to SU(M) symmetry and studying the large M limit. For large S the ground state is a spin glass, while quantum fluctuations produce a spin-fluid state for small S. The spin-fluid phase is found to be generically gapless-the average, zero temperature, local dynamic spin susceptibility obeys chiBAR(omega) is similar to ln(1/Absolute value of omega) + i(pi/2)sgn(omega) at low frequencies.
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