Quantum fluctuations effects in a cluster spin glass model

N. Kellermann

Published May 29, 2019• 0 citations

Abstract

In this work we study the effects of quantum fluctuations in a disordered magnetic system. We consider a cluster-spin Ising model with antiferromagnetic short range interactions (J0) and disordered long range interactions (J) between clusters, where the system is under the influence of a transverse magnetic field Γ. The analytic treatment of the model is done by the replica method and Trotter formalism, in which a cluster mean field, replica symmetric and static approximations are used. This allows us to obtain an effective model of a single cluster that is exactly diagonalized. Thermodynamic quantities like order parameter and free energy are obtained then, the phase diagrams are analyzed. They are shown in temperature versus J0=J phase diagrams for some intensities of Γ. With Γ = 0, when we decrease the temperature (for lower intensities of J0=J) a continuous phase transition between the paramagnetic and cluster spin glass state (CSG) is found. When we increase the ratio J0=J, the system presents the antiferromagnetic phase (AF). The CSG state and the AF phase are separated by first order transitions. In the intermediate region of disorder, there exist a small interval in the AF-PM transition that is first order. When Γ is increased, the transitions PM-AF and PM-VSC decrease toward critical points in the lower and higher disorder, respectively. It is worth to note, in the intermediate range of disorder, that the transition CSG-AF disappears, letting a PM phase between them, even for zero temperature. Besides that, the first-order region, in the PM-AF transition, turns into a second order phase transition, changing its criticality in the low temperature regime. Our results show that quantum fluctuations affects the phase transitions of the model being capable to suppress and/or change his criticality. The present work suggests a model and a mechanism of the change in the criticality away from the quantum critical point, helping the investigation of this interesting and recent topic.

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