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arXiv:1102.3486 · Physical Review B

Critical magnetization behavior of the triangular- and kagome-lattice quantum antiferromagnets

Tôru Sakai, Hiroki Nakano

Published Mar 11, 2011• 103 citations
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Abstract

We investigate $S=1/2$ quantum spin antiferromagnets on the triangular and Kagome lattices in a magnetic field, using the numerical exact diagonalization. We focus particularly on an anomalous magnetization behavior of each system at one-third the saturation magnetization. Critical exponent analyses suggest that it is a conventional magnetization plateau on the triangular lattice, while an unconventional phenomenon, called the magnetization ramp, occurs on the Kagome lattice.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.83.100405

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