Topography of Spin Liquids on a Triangular Lattice

2018/01/31 by Zhenyue Zhu, P. A. Maksimov, Steven R. White +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.str-el

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.120.207203

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 207203 (2018) · Accepted to PRL; 5 p., 11+ p. supplemental; main text is longer than the accepted version

arxiv created 2018/05/09 · arxiv updated 2018/05/17

Abstract

Spin systems with frustrated anisotropic interactions are of significant interest due to possible exotic ground states. We have explored their phase diagram on a nearest-neighbor triangular lattice using the density-matrix renormalization group and mapped out the topography of the region that can harbor a spin liquid. We find that this spin-liquid phase is continuously connected to a previously discovered spin-liquid phase of the isotropic J₁ - J₂ model. The two limits show nearly identical spin correlations, making the case that their respective spin liquids are isomorphic to each other.

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