Quantum phase transitions in spin-lattice systems: An ab initio treatment via the coupled cluster method
R. F. Bishop, S. E. Krüger
Abstract
The coupled cluster method (CCM) has become one of the most pervasive of all ab initio formulations of quantum many-body theory.It has yielded numerical results which are among the most accurate available for a wide range of both nite and extended physical systems de ned on a spatial continuum.This widespread success has spurred many recent applications to quantum systems de ned on a lattice.We discuss here a typical example of a two-dimensional spin-half Heisenberg magnet with two kinds of nearest-neighbour bonds.We show how the CCM can successfully describe the in uence of strong quantum uctuations on the zero-temperature phases and their quantum phase transitions.The model shows how the CCM can successfully describe the eects of competition between magnetic bonds with and without the presence of frustration.The frustrated case is particulary important since many other methods, including quantum Monte Carlo simulations, typical fail in this regime.