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蜂窝晶格上的自旋液体:Schwinger费米子平均场论的投影对称群研究

Spin liquids on a honeycomb lattice: Projective Symmetry Group study of Schwinger fermion mean-field theory

Yuan-Ming Lu, Ying Ran

摘要:

自旋液体是一种具有分形激发的物质新态。最近对蜂窝格子\cite{Meng2010}上哈伯德模型的数值研究表明,在Mott相变附近存在带隙的自旋液相。利用投影对称群,我们用Schwinger费米子平均场方法对所有可能的自旋液体态进行了分类。我们发现,只有一个完全带隙的自旋液体候选态:“子晶格配对态”,可以实现到第三个邻居的平均场振幅,并在附近的莫特转变。我们提出这种状态作为在数值工作中发现的自旋液相。为了理解SPS是否可以在哈伯德模型中实现,我们研究了$J_1-J_2$自旋1/2模型中的平均场相图,发现了一个s波配对态。我们认为s波配对态不是一个稳定相,真正的基态可能是SPS。提出了从SPS到半金属相的连续相变的方案。这一工作也为今后Gutzwiller投影波函数的变分研究提供了指导。

英文摘要:

Spin liquids are novel states of matter with fractionalized excitations. A recent numerical study of Hubbard model on a honeycomb lattice\cite{Meng2010} indicates that a gapped spin liquid phase exists close to the Mott transition. Using Projective Symmetry Group, we classify all the possible spin liquid states by Schwinger fermion mean-field approach. We find there is only one fully gapped spin liquid candidate state: "Sublattice Pairing State" that can be realized up to the 3rd neighbor mean-field amplitudes, and is in the neighborhood of the Mott transition. We propose this state as the spin liquid phase discovered in the numerical work. To understand whether SPS can be realized in the Hubbard model, we study the mean-field phase diagram in the $J_1-J_2$ spin-1/2 model and find an s-wave pairing state. We argue that s-wave pairing state is not a stable phase and the true ground state may be SPS. A scenario of a continuous phase transition from SPS to the semimetal phase is proposed. This work also provides guideline for future variational studies of Gutzwiller projected wavefunctions.

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