Spin-phonon chains with bond coupling

Carsten Raas, Ute Löw, Götz S. Uhrig, and Rainer W. Kühne
Phys. Rev. B 65, 144438 – Published 3 April 2002
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Abstract

We investigate the antiadiabatic limit of an antiferromagnetic S=1/2 Heisenberg chain coupled to Einstein phonons via a bond coupling. The flow equation method is used to decouple the spin and the phonon part of the Hamiltonian. In the effective spin model longer range spin-spin interactions are generated. The effective spin chain is frustrated. The resulting temperature-dependent couplings are used to determine the magnetic susceptibility and to determine the phase transition from a gapless state to a dimerized gapped phase. The susceptibilities and the phase diagram obtained via the effective couplings are compared with independently calculated quantum Monte Carlo results.

  • Received 15 October 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.144438

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Carsten Raas*, Ute Löw, and Götz S. Uhrig

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany

Rainer W. Kühne

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany

  • *Electronic address: cr@thp.uni-koeln.de
  • Electronic address: ul@thp.uni-koeln.de
  • Electronic address: gu@thp.uni-koeln.de

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Vol. 65, Iss. 14 — 1 April 2002

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