Published August 2005 | Version v1
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Spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry in frustrated spin chains in magnetic field

Creators

  • 1. Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universitat Hannover, Hannover (Germany)
  • 2. Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Faculty of Radiophysics, Kyiv (Ukraine)
  • 3. Institute of Magnetism, Kyiv (Ukraine)
  • 4. Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Tbilisi (Georgia)
  • 5. Universite Louis Pasteur, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, Strasbourg (France)

Description

It is predicted that the quantum chiral phase should exist in frustrated spin-S chains in the presence of an external magnetic field. The qualitative form of the phase diagram in the large-S limit and for S = 1/2 and 1 is discussed

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Ukrayins'kij Fyizichnij Zhurnal (Kiev)
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
no.8
Journal Page Range
p. 843-848
ISSN
0372-400X

INIS

Country of Publication
Ukraine
Country of Input or Organization
Ukraine
INIS RN
37020289
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
ANTIFERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; CHIRAL SYMMETRY; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DIAGRAMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INFORMATION; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY