ORDERING BY QUANTUM FLUCTUATIONS IN A STRONGLY FRUSTRATED HEISENBERG-ANTIFERROMAGNET

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HARRIS, AB [1 ]
BERLINSKY, AJ [1 ]
BRUDER, C [1 ]
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[1] MCMASTER UNIV,INST MAT RES,HAMILTON L8S 4M1,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1063/1.348098
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The nature of the ordering of a quantum spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet is considered in the presence of the strong lattice frustration associated with the pyrochlore lattice. A field theory indicates that quantum fluctuations lead to a state having dimerization that has long-range static correlations not in <S> but rather in <S(r).S(r+delta)>. A sublattice ordering is found that is consistent with results obtained using degenerate perturbation theory to analyze the ground-state manifold.
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