Published September 28, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

How to distinguish the Haldane/Large-D state and the intermediate-D state in an S = 2 quantum spin chain with the XXZ and on-site anisotropies

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan)
  • 2. Professor Emeritus, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501 (Japan)
  • 3. Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo 678-1297 (Japan)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581 (Japan)

Description

We numerically investigate the ground-state phase diagram of an S = 2 quantum spin chain with the XXZ and on-site anisotropies described by H Σj(SjxSj+1x +SjySj+1y + Δ Sjz Sj+1z) + D Σj(Sjz)2, where Δ denotes the XXZ anisotropy parameter of the nearest-neighbor interactions and D the on-site anisotropy parameter. We restrict ourselves to the Δ > 0 and D > 0 case for simplicity. Our main purpose is to obtain the definite conclusion whether there exists or not the intermediate-D (ID) phase, which was proposed by Oshikawa in 1992 and has been believed to be absent since the DMRG studies in the latter half of 1990's. In the phase diagram with Δ > 0 and D > 0 there appear the XY state, the Haldane state, the ID state, the large-D (LD) state and the Neel state. In the analysis of the numerical data it is important to distinguish three gapped states; the Haldane state, the ID state and the LD state. We give a physical and intuitive explanation for our level spectroscopy method how to distinguish these three phases.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/320/1/012018

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
320
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
International Conference on Frustration in Condensed Matter (ICFCM)
Dates
11-14 Jan 2011
Place
Sendai (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43049353
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; GROUND STATES; INTERACTIONS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DIAGRAMS; ENERGY LEVELS; INFORMATION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SIMULATION