Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Quantum vector spin-glass models in an applied field
Yadin Y. Goldschmidt, Pik-Yin Lai
Abstract
We use the static approximation to investigate the phase diagram of the infinite-ranged quantum Heisenberg spin glass (QHSG) in an external field, as well as the phase diagram of a two-component quantum spin glass (QXYSG) in a transverse or a longitudinal field. For the QHSG we find that, for strong field (H) and low temperature (T), the phase transition into the spin-glass phase characterized by nonzero transverse spin-glass ordering is given by ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$\ensuremath{\sim}exp[-${\mathit{H}}^{2}$/(2${\mathit{J}}^{2}$${\mathit{S}}^{2}$)], as compared with ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$\ensuremath{\sim}exp{-${\mathit{H}}^{2}$/[2${\mathit{J}}^{2}$S(S+1)]} for classical spins of magnitude \ensuremath{\surd}S(S+1) . In the case of QXYSG in a transverse field (\ensuremath{\Gamma}), the phase boundary terminates at \ensuremath{\Gamma}/J=2 for T=0.