Breakdown of a Magnetization Plateau in Ferrimagnetic Mixed Spin-(1/2,S) Heisenberg Chains due to a Quantum Phase Transition towards the Luttinger Spin Liquid
Jozef Strečka
Magnetization curves of the ferrimagnetic mixed spin-(1/2,S) Heisenberg chains are calculated with the help of density-matrix renormalization group method for several quantum spin numbers S=1, 3/2, 2 and 5/2.It is shown that the ferrimagnetic mixed spin-(1/2,S) Heisenberg chains exhibit irrespective of the spin value S exactly one intermediate magnetization plateau, which can be identified with the gapped Lieb-Mattis ferrimagnetic ground state.The magnetization plateau due to the Lieb-Mattis ferrimagnetism breaks down at a quantum phase transition towards the Luttinger spin liquid, which is characterized by a continuous change of the magnetization with the magnetic field until another quantum critical point is reached at the saturation field.
arXiv:1607.03617•Acta Physica Polonica A•Apr 1, 2017•13 citations