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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Anisotropic Heisenberg antiferromagnet in the presence of a magnetic field for arbitrary dimension and spin

C. Millán, David Gottlieb

Published Jul 1, 1994• 6 citations
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Abstract

In this work we study the Heisenberg XXZ antiferromagnetic model for spin S and dimension d in the presence of an external longitudinal magnetic field. First, we essay a variational approach which uses as trial function a version of the analytic expression for the ground state given by the paired nonmagnetic excitation (PNME) theory [M. Lagos and G. G. Cabrera, Solid State Commun. 67, 221 (1988); Phys. Rev. B 38, 659 (1988)], generalized in order to incorporate the external field. The ground-state energy, sublattice magnetization, and magnetic susceptibility are obtained. Subsequently, we solve the problem numerically for a chain of 12 spins (S=1 and S=3/2) using the Lancz\"os method [E. Dagotto and A. Moreo, Phys. Rev. D 31, 865 (1985)]. The two approaches give excellent concordance over a wide range of the parameters of the model. We show that our analytic trial function represents accurately the ground state of the system for anisotropies ranging from the Ising limit to the almost isotropic Heisenberg model for all values of the field. Moreover, it accounts for the several antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic phases occurring for different values of the magnetic field with the same precision. The critical fields of the transitions are predicted correctly. Also, results for various spin values S in two and three dimensions are presented.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.50.242

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We present a variational approach to the Heisenberg antiferromagnetic model for spin 1/2 and anisotropic exchange, with an external longitudinal and transverse magnetic field. In the one-dimensional case, we calculate exactly with our trial function the expectation values of energy, sublattice magnetization, and magnetic susceptibility. On minimizing the energy, we obtain several phases, which depend on the strength of the field and anisotropy parameter. Subsequently we approach the problem numerically and solve it for a chain of 12 spins using the Lanczos method. The two approaches are in excellent concordance, particularly for the critical fields of the transitions, over a wide range of the parameters of the model. Beside its precision and mathematical simplicity, the method has the important advantage of accounting for the different magnetic phases and their transitions with a single trial function that has a compact mathematical expression. The formalism is expected to work better in higher dimensions, but the corresponding calculations are omitted because of the lack of numerical field-dependent data with which to compare.
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