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Field‐induced nematic phase in the spin ladder system with easy‐axis anisotropy
Tôru Sakai, Takashi Tonegawa, Kiyomi Okamoto
Abstract
Abstract The spin ladder system with the easy‐axis anisotropy in magnetic field is theoretically investigated using the numerically exact diagonalization, the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) and the finite‐size scaling analysis. It is found that the field‐induced nematic phase appears above the critical field. In addition, there exists another critical field at which the quantum phase transition from the nematic phase to the conventional field‐induced Tomonaga–Luttinger liquid (TLL) phase occurs. The phase diagram on the coupling anisotropy versus magnetization plane is given by the numerical diagonalization. Furthermore, a typical magnetization curve calculated by the DMRG is presented.