Journal of Applied Physics
Ferromagnetic phase boundary in the bond frustrated Heisenberg model
A. D. Beath, Dominic H Ryan
Abstract
We determine the ferromagnetic phase boundary for the short range ±J bond frustrated Heisenberg model in three dimensions using a very efficient Monte Carlo algorithm which eliminates the critical slowing down usually experienced at a second order phase transition. The phase boundary is identified by measuring the correlation length directly, a method which we show to be superior to more conventional methods such as the crossing of the Binder cumulant. The critical concentration of antiferromagnetic bonds beyond which ferromagnetism is lost is xc=0.208(2).