Magnetization curve of a square-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet

M. E. Zhitomirsky and T. Nikuni
Phys. Rev. B 57, 5013 – Published 1 March 1998
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Abstract

We calculate the uniform magnetization of a spin-1/2 Heisenberg square lattice antiferromagnet at T=0 in magnetic fields up to the saturation field in the framework of spin-wave theory including quantum corrections of the second order in 1/S. External field generally suppresses zero-point fluctuations, which leads to an upward curvature of the magnetization curve at low fields and logarithmic singularity close to the saturation.

  • Received 25 August 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.57.5013

©1998 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

M. E. Zhitomirsky* and T. Nikuni

  • Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A7, Canada

  • *On leave of absence from L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia.

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Vol. 57, Iss. 9 — 1 March 1998

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