HIDDEN ORDER AND SYMMETRY-BREAKING IN THE GROUND-STATE OF A SPIN-1/2 ANTIFERROMAGNETIC HEISENBERG LADDER

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WATANABE, H
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[1] ULSI Laboratory, Toshiba Research and Development Center, Komukai
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1995年 / 52卷 / 17期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.12508
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
It is shown that the ground state of a spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic ladder model is a string order parameter which is similar to but differs from that introduced by den Nijs and Rommelse. This reveals the presence of a hidden antiferromagnetic order and symmetry breaking even in the ground state which relates to high-T-c superconductors. The inverse correlation length is further calculated for any ratio of the interchain and intrachain couplings under shifted boundary conditions.
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