Exact ground state and kink-like excitations of a two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet
Rahul Siddharthan
A rare example of a two-dimensional Heisenberg model with an exact dimerized ground state is presented. This model, which can be regarded as a variation on the kagom\'e lattice, has several features of interest: it has a highly (but not macroscopically) degenerate ground state; it is closely related to spin chains studied by earlier authors; in particular, it exhibits domain-wall-like ``kink'' excitations normally associated only with one-dimensional systems. In some limits it decouples into noninteracting chains; unusually, this happens in the limit of strong, rather than weak, interchain coupling.
arXiv:cond-mat/9904376•Physical review. B, Condensed matter•Oct 1, 1999•2 citations