The $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ symmetric antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model with multicolumn representations on the two-dimensional square lattice is investigated by quantum Monte Carlo simulations. For the representation of a Young diagram with two columns, we confirm that a valence-bond solid (VBS) order appears as soon as the N\'eel order disappears at $N=10$ , indicating no intermediate phase. In the case of the representation with three columns, there is no evidence for either the N\'eel or the VBS ordering for $N\ensuremath{\ge}15$. This is actually consistent with the large- $N$ theory, which predicts that the VBS state immediately follows the N\'eel state, because the expected spontaneous order is too weak to be detected.The $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ symmetric antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model with multicolumn representations on the two-dimensional square lattice is investigated by quantum Monte Carlo simulations. For the representation of a Young diagram with two columns, we confirm that a valence-bond solid (VBS) order appears as soon as the N\'eel order disappears at $N=10$, indicating no intermediate phase. In the case of the representation with three columns, there is no evidence for either the N\'eel or the VBS ordering for $N\ensuremath{\ge}15$. This is actually consistent with the large-$N$ theory, which predicts that the VBS state immediately follows the N\'eel state, because the expected spontaneous order is too weak to be detected.

arXiv:1504.05332Physical Review BOct 5, 201510 citations

Linear Flavour-Wave Theory of SU(N) Lattice Models with Arbitrary Irreducible Representations

Francisco H. Kim

This thesis explores various approaches of studying the long-range colour order of antiferromagnetic SU(N) Heisenberg models with the linear flavour-wave theory (LFWT). The LFWT is an extension of the well-known SU(2) spin-wave theory to SU(N), and this semi-classical method has been used to study SU(N) models with colour-ordered ground states in the fundamental irreducible representation (irrep). The aim of this thesis is to study various SU(N) Heisenberg models in different irreps and in various colour configurations, in part by extending the LFWT method to different irreps of SU(N). This will be achieved by using three different methods all using different bosonic representations. First, the LFWT willbe performed using the multiboson method that introduces a boson for each state of a given irrep. Then, a different SU(3) bosonic representation first introduced by Mathur & Sen will be presented and used to perform the LFWT calculations. Finally, another way of applying the LFWT will be shown using the bosons first used by Read & Sachdev for SU(N) irreps with rectangular Young tableaux. The specific models that will be treated by these methods are the fully antisymmetric SU(N) models on the square, honeycomb, and triangular lattices with m>1 particles per site, as well as the bipartite SU(3) Heisenberg chain in the adjoint irrep to show how the LFWT can be used for mixed symmetries. The last chapter of the thesis will be dedicated to another problem related to the accidental line of zero modes in the harmonic spectrum of the antiferromagnetic SU(3) Heisenberg model on the square lattice with one particle per site in a three-sublattice order. The objective will be to try to lift the accidental zero modes in the spectrum.This thesis explores various approaches of studying the long-range colour order of antiferromagnetic SU(N) Heisenberg models with the linear flavour-wave theory (LFWT). The LFWT is an extension of the well-known SU(2) spin-wave theory to SU(N), and this semi-classical method has been used to study SU(N) models with colour-ordered ground states in the fundamental irreducible representation (irrep). The aim of this thesis is to study various SU(N) Heisenberg models in different irreps and in various colour configurations, in part by extending the LFWT method to different irreps of SU(N). This will be achieved by using three different methods all using different bosonic representations. First, the LFWT willbe performed using the multiboson method that introduces a boson for each state of a given irrep. Then, a different SU(3) bosonic representation first introduced by Mathur & Sen will be presented and used to perform the LFWT calculations. Finally, another way of applying the LFWT will be shown using the bosons first used by Read & Sachdev for SU(N) irreps with rectangular Young tableaux. The specific models that will be treated by these methods are the fully antisymmetric SU(N) models on the square, honeycomb, and triangular lattices with m>1 particles per site, as well as the bipartite SU(3) Heisenberg chain in the adjoint irrep to show how the LFWT can be used for mixed symmetries. The last chapter of the thesis will be dedicated to another problem related to the accidental line of zero modes in the harmonic spectrum of the antiferromagnetic SU(3) Heisenberg model on the square lattice with one particle per site in a three-sublattice order. The objective will be to try to lift the accidental zero modes in the spectrum.

Jan 1, 20190 citations

Logarithmic singularities in the susceptibility of the antiferromagnetic SU(N) Heisenberg model

P. Schlottmann

We consider the integrable SU(N)-invariant Heisenberg model in one dimension with degrees of freedom in the symmetric rank-m tensor representation. It is shown that for antiferromagnetic coupling the zero-temperature susceptibility to an arbitrary field breaking the SU(N) invariance of the internal degrees of freedom has logarithmic singularities as the field tends to zero. The logarithms arise from the interference of the two ``Fermi points'' of the spin-wave spectrum and do not depend on the level splitting scheme. These properties hold for a variety of models, e.g., the SU(N)-invariant Heisenberg chain of spin S=(N-1)/2, the Babujian-Takhtajan model, the N-component fermion gas interacting in one dimension by a repulsive \ensuremath{\delta}-function potential, the N-component supersymmetric t-J model in one dimension, the Gross-Neveu model, and the SU(N) generalization of the Hubbard chain.We consider the integrable SU(N)-invariant Heisenberg model in one dimension with degrees of freedom in the symmetric rank-m tensor representation. It is shown that for antiferromagnetic coupling the zero-temperature susceptibility to an arbitrary field breaking the SU(N) invariance of the internal degrees of freedom has logarithmic singularities as the field tends to zero. The logarithms arise from the interference of the two ``Fermi points'' of the spin-wave spectrum and do not depend on the level splitting scheme. These properties hold for a variety of models, e.g., the SU(N)-invariant Heisenberg chain of spin S=(N-1)/2, the Babujian-Takhtajan model, the N-component fermion gas interacting in one dimension by a repulsive \ensuremath{\delta}-function potential, the N-component supersymmetric t-J model in one dimension, the Gross-Neveu model, and the SU(N) generalization of the Hubbard chain.

Physical review. B, Condensed matterMar 1, 199220 citations

The

\mathrm{SU}(N)

symmetric antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model with multicolumn representations on the two-dimensional square lattice is investigated by quantum Monte Carlo simulations. For the representation of a Young diagram with two columns, we confirm that a valence-bond solid (VBS) order appears as soon as the N\'eel order disappears at

N=10

, indicating no intermediate phase. In the case of the representation with three columns, there is no evidence for either the N\'eel or the VBS ordering for $N\ensuremath{\ge}15$. This is actually consistent with the large-

N

theory, which predicts that the VBS state immediately follows the N\'eel state, because the expected spontaneous order is too weak to be detected.