A quantum spin-1 model, describing a mixture of ferro- and antiferromagnetic bonds, is analyzed employing the effective Hamiltonian method extended to random systems. Uniform, staggered and spin-glass susceptibilities are introduced and Curie, Néel and spin-glass transition temperatures determined. The role anisotropy is examined.
One-dimensional Heisenberg spin 1/2 chains with random ferro- and antiferromagnetic bonds are realized in systems such as Sr3CuPt1−xIrxO6. We have investigated numerically the thermodynamic properties of a generic random bond model and of a realistic model of Sr3CuPt1−xIrxO6 by the quantum Monte Carlo loop algorithm. For the first time we demonstrate the separation into three different temperature regimes for the original Hamiltonian based on an exact treatment, especially we show that the intermediate temperature regime is well-defined and observable in both the specific heat and the magnetic susceptibility. The crossover between the regimes is indicated by peaks in the specific heat. The uniform magnetic susceptibility shows Curie-like behavior in the high-, intermediate- and low-temperature regime, with different values of the Curie constant in each regime. We show that these regimes are overlapping in the realistic model and give numerical data for the analysis of experimental tests.
Ground-state properties of the two-dimensional S = 1/2 random Heisenberg models are investigated by the exact-diagonalization method. The phase diagram of the bondrandom model (the ±J model) is the same as that of the corresponding Ising spin glass model, in spite of quantum fluctuation. In the site-random model, the spin glass phase exists at least in the ferro-rich case. In comparison with the corresponding Ising model, the Néel phase of this model becomes much narrower in the ferro-rich case, while it is comparable in the antiferro-rich case.
Ground-state properties of the two-dimensional S=1/2 random Heisenberg models are investigated by the exact-diagonalization method. The phase diagram of the bond-random model (the ±J model) is the same as that of the corresponding Ising spin glass model, in spite of quantum fluctuation. In the site-random model, the spin glass phase exists at least in the ferro-rich case. In comparison with the corresponding Ising model, the Néel phase of this model becomes much narrower in the ferro-rich case, while it is comparable in the antiferro-rich case. KEYWORDS: quantum spin glass, Heisenberg model, ground-state phase transition, site-random model, exact diagonalization
The two-dimensional Ising model with two kinds of bonds –ferro and antiferromagnetic– is investigated in both quenched and annealed approximations. High temperature series expansion technique is used to get the respective free energies and susceptibilities. Form the analysis of the ratio method results, the phase diagrams are drawn and critical concentrations are estimated. It is shown that in both approximations the system behaves similarly, although in the annealed case the magnetically ordered phases are more stable against increasing impurity concentration. It is also proved that for Bethe lattices initial susceptibilities for quenced and annealed systems coincide.
The four-dimensional $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}J$ random-bond Ising model is studied using ground-state calculations. System sizes up to N=64 spins are considered. Here it is found that the ferromagnetic--spin-glass transition occurs at a critical concentration pc=0.28(1) of the antiferromagnetic bonds, which is comparable to values found previously by high-temperature series expansions. The transition is characterized by a correlation-length exponent $\ensuremath{\nu}=1.0(1)$ and an order-parameter exponent $\ensuremath{\beta}=0.4(1).$ Thus, this transition is in a different universality class from four-dimensional bond percolation, where $\ensuremath{\nu}=0.678(50)$ and $\ensuremath{\beta}=0.639(20).$