We study AKLT models on locally treelike lattices of fixed connectivity and find that they exhibit a variety of ground states depending upon the spin, coordination, and global (graph) topology. We find (a) quantum paramagnetic or valence-bond solid ground states, (b) critical and ordered Neel states on bipartite infinite Cayley trees, and (c) critical and ordered quantum vector spin glass states on random graphs of fixed connectivity. We argue, in consonance with a previous analysis [C. R. Laumann, S. A. Parameswaran, and S. L. Sondhi, Phys. Rev. B 80, 144415 (2009)], that all phases are characterized by gaps to local excitations. The spin glass states we report arise from random long-ranged loops which frustrate Neel ordering despite the lack of randomness in the coupling strengths.
AKLT models with quantum spin glass ground states / Laumann, Cr; Parameswaran, Sa; Sondhi, Sl; Zamponi, F. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - 81:17(2010). [10.1103/PhysRevB.81.174204]
AKLT models with quantum spin glass ground states
Zamponi F
2010
Abstract
We study AKLT models on locally treelike lattices of fixed connectivity and find that they exhibit a variety of ground states depending upon the spin, coordination, and global (graph) topology. We find (a) quantum paramagnetic or valence-bond solid ground states, (b) critical and ordered Neel states on bipartite infinite Cayley trees, and (c) critical and ordered quantum vector spin glass states on random graphs of fixed connectivity. We argue, in consonance with a previous analysis [C. R. Laumann, S. A. Parameswaran, and S. L. Sondhi, Phys. Rev. B 80, 144415 (2009)], that all phases are characterized by gaps to local excitations. The spin glass states we report arise from random long-ranged loops which frustrate Neel ordering despite the lack of randomness in the coupling strengths.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
