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Possible spin-liquid state at large S for the frustrated square Heisenberg lattice

P. Chandra and B. Doucot
Phys. Rev. B 38, 9335(R) – Published 1 November 1988
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Abstract

We present conventional spin-wave calculations for a frustrated antiferromagnetic Hamiltonian on a square lattice. We find that quantum fluctuations can destabilize the classical ordered ground state, even at large S, for large enough values of frustration. This instability is likely to generate a spin liquid, providing the first example of a resonating-valence-bond ground state in two dimensions.

  • Received 9 May 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.38.9335

©1988 American Physical Society

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P. Chandra

  • Joseph Henry Laboratories of Physics, Jadwin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
  • Department of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106

B. Doucot

  • Joseph Henry Laboratories of Physics, Jadwin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

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Vol. 38, Iss. 13 — 1 November 1988

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