Resonating Valence Bond Wave Functions for Strongly Frustrated Spin Systems
Luca Capriotti, Federico Becca, Alberto Parola +1 more
The resonating-valence-bond (RVB) theory for two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets is shown to be the correct paradigm for large enough "quantum frustration." This scenario, proposed a long time ago but never confirmed by microscopic calculations, is strongly supported by a new type of variational wave function, which is extremely close to the exact ground state of the J(1)-J(2) Heisenberg model for 0.4 less than approximately J(2)/J(1) less than approximately 0.5. This wave function is proposed to represent the generic spin-half RVB ground state in spin liquids.
arXiv:cond-mat/0107204•Physical Review Letters•Aug 8, 2001•219 citations