The one-dimensional spin-1 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chains are studied by a generalized two-time Green's-function method at finite temperature. 〈
Siz〉 is set to zero at each site to guarantee the lack of the long-range order in the one-dimensional Heisenberg system. The Green's functions are decoupled in terms of the correlation functions of spin operators. A set of self-consistent equations of the correlation functions are derived and solved numerically. Correlation functions of spin operators, thermodynamic properties such as the internal energy, and specific heat in the entire temperature region are obtained. The Haldane gap in the excitation spectrum appears naturally in the analytical result. When k is zero, there is a gap 2\ensuremath{\Delta}, which is 1.0J and close to the theoretical result of White and Huse. And there is a broad maximum in the temperature dependence of the specific heat. The properties of the thermodynamic quantities are consistent with the numerical results on the finite chains. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
The one-dimensional Heisenberg model with S = 1/2 is treated with the use of the two-time Green's functions. The hierarchy of the equations of motion of the Green'f functions is decoupled at a stage one-step further than Tyablikov's decoupling. The thermal average of the spin component, ≪ Sz >, is set to zero, becaure the long-range order does not exist in one dimension. Instead, our Green's functions are expressed in terms of the correlation functions cn ≡4≪ S0zSnz >. The Green's function is essentially of the form representing undamped spin waves, whose spactrum depends on c1, c2 and one more parameter. They are determined by the requirement that c1 and c2 should be self-consistent and that c0 should be unity. The self-consistency equations have been solved analytically at high- and low-temperature limits, and also solved numerically in the whole range of the temperature. Thermodynamic quantities have been calculated using these solutions. It has turned out that the theory gives the correct high-temperature expansion for the thermodynamic quantities and the correlation functions. The latter is expressed by cn = (J / 4 kBT )n. In the case of ferromagnetic coupling, the correlation function cn at T = 0 is equal to 1/3 for all n's. This is what is expected from the correct ground state of the ferromagnetic Heisenberg system. The spin-wave spectrum at T = 0 also agrees with the correct one. At T ≪J/ kB, we find that the specific heat goes as T1/2 and the susceptibility goes as T-2. The gross feature of the temperature-dependence of the thermodynamic quantities agrees with Bonner and Fisher. In the case of the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model, we find c1 = -0.55407 and c2 = 0.16100 at T = 0, which are fairly close to the exact values. The thermodynamic quantities are also in gross agreement with Bonner and Fisher.
The thermodynamics of coupled frustrated ferromagnetic chains is studied within a spin-rotation-invariant Green's-function approach. We consider an isotropic Heisenberg spin-half system with a ferromagnetic in-chain coupling
J1<0 between nearest neighbors and a frustrating antiferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor in-chain coupling
J2>0. We focus on the moderate strength of frustration
J2<∣J1∣/4 such that the in-chain spin-spin correlations are predominantly ferromagnetic. We consider two interchain couplings (ICs) ${J}_{\ensuremath{\perp},y}$ and ${J}_{\ensuremath{\perp},z}$, corresponding to the two axes perpendicular to the chain, where ferromagnetic as well as antiferromagnetic ICs are taken into account. We discuss the influence of frustration on the ground-state properties for antiferromagnetic ICs, where the ground state is of a quantum nature. The major part of our study is devoted to the finite-temperature properties. We calculate the critical temperature
Tc as a function of the competing exchange couplings ${J}_{2},{J}_{\ensuremath{\perp},y},{J}_{\ensuremath{\perp},z}$. We find that for fixed ICs,
Tc decreases monotonically with increasing frustration
J2, where as ${J}_{2}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}|{J}_{1}|/4$ the
Tc(J2) curve drops down rapidly. To characterize the magnetic ordering below and above
Tc, we calculate the spin-spin correlation functions $\ensuremath{\langle}{\mathbf{S}}_{0}{\mathbf{S}}_{\mathbf{R}}\ensuremath{\rangle}$, the magnetic order parameter
M, the uniform static susceptibility ${\ensuremath{\chi}}_{0}$, as well as the correlation length $\ensuremath{\xi}$. Moreover, we discuss the specific heat
CV and the temperature dependence of the excitation spectrum ${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{\mathbf{q}}$. As ${J}_{2}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}|{J}_{1}|/4$, some unusual frustration-induced features were found, such as an increase of the in-chain spin stiffness (in the case of ferromagnetic ICs) or of the in-chain spin-wave velocity (in the case of antiferromagnetic ICs) with growing temperature.
We present a spin-rotation-invariant Green-function theory for the dynamic spin susceptibility in the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic t-J Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice. Employing a generalized mean-field approximation for arbitrary temperatures and hole dopings, the electronic spectrum of excitations, the spin-excitation spectrum and thermodynamic quantities (two-spin correlation functions, staggered magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, correlation length) are calculated by solving a coupled system of self-consistency equations for the correlation functions. The temperature and doping dependence of the magnetic (uniform static) susceptibility is ascribed to antiferromagnetic short-range order. Our results on the doping dependencies of the magnetization and susceptibility are analyzed in comparison with previous results for the t-J model on the square lattice.
We present a spin-rotation-invariant Green-function theory for the dynamic spin susceptibility in the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic t - J Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice. Employing a generalized mean-field approximation for arbitrary temperatures and hole dopings, the electronic spectrum of excitations, the spin-excitation spectrum and thermodynamic quantities (two-spin correlation functions, staggered magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, correlation length) are calculated by solving a coupled system of self-consistency equations for the correlation functions. The temperature and doping dependence of the magnetic (uniform static) susceptibility is ascribed to antiferromagnetic short-range order. Our results on the doping dependencies of the magnetization and susceptibility are analyzed in comparison with previous results for the t - J model on the square lattice.
The thermodynamic quantities (spin-spin correlation functions $\ensuremath{\langle}{\mathbf{S}}_{0}{\mathbf{S}}_{n}\ensuremath{\rangle}$, correlation length $\ensuremath{\xi}$, spin susceptibility $\ensuremath{\chi}$, and specific heat
CV) of the frustrated one-dimensional
J1-
J2 Heisenberg ferromagnet with arbitrary spin quantum number
S below the quantum critical point, i.e., for
J2<∣J1∣/4, are calculated using a rotation-invariant Green-function formalism and full diagonalization as well as a finite-temperature Lanczos technique for finite chains of up to
N=20 sites. The low-temperature behavior of the susceptibility $\ensuremath{\chi}$ and the correlation length $\ensuremath{\xi}$ are well described by $\ensuremath{\chi}=\frac{2}{3}{S}^{4}\left(|{J}_{1}|\ensuremath{-}4{J}_{2}\right){T}^{\ensuremath{-}2}+A{S}^{5/2}{\left(|{J}_{1}|\ensuremath{-}4{J}_{2}\right)}^{1/2}{T}^{\ensuremath{-}3/2}$ and $\ensuremath{\xi}={S}^{2}\left(|{J}_{1}|\ensuremath{-}4{J}_{2}\right){T}^{\ensuremath{-}1}+B{S}^{1/2}{\left(|{J}_{1}|\ensuremath{-}4{J}_{2}\right)}^{1/2}{T}^{\ensuremath{-}1/2}$ with $A\ensuremath{\approx}1.1\ensuremath{\cdots}1.2$ and $B\ensuremath{\approx}0.84\ensuremath{\cdots}0.89$. The vanishing of the factors in front of the temperature at
J2=∣J1∣/4 indicates a change of the critical behavior of $\ensuremath{\chi}$ and $\ensuremath{\xi}$ at $T\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0$. The specific heat may exhibit an additional frustration-induced low-temperature maximum when approaching the quantum critical point. Such a maximum appears for
S=1/2 and
S=1, but was not found for
S>1.