We introduce a two-dimensional frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnet on interpenetrating honeycomb and triangular lattices. Classically the two sublattices decouple, and "order from disorder" drives them into a coplanar state. Applying Friedan's geometric approach to nonlinear sigma models, we obtain the scaling of the spin stiffnesses governed by the Ricci flow of a four-dimensional metric tensor. At low temperatures, the relative phase between the spins on the two sublattices is described by a six-state clock model with an emergent critical phase.
The frustrated spin-\textonehalf{}
J1-
J2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the 2D square lattice is a paradigmatic model of quantum magnetism. Despite extensive investigations over the last 30 years, no consensus has emerged for its zero-temperature quantum phase diagram. The authors explore its bilayer
J1-
J2-
J1┴ counterpart by including an exchange coupling
J1┴ between partner sites on the two layers. As well as being of great interest in its own right, the model provides considerable insight into the single-layer case by expanding to a two-parameter regime that includes the monolayer as a single slice.