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三角晶格上连续自旋模型中晶格旋转对称破缺的一级相变

First-Order Phase Transition with Breaking of Lattice Rotation Symmetry in Continuous-Spin Model on Triangular Lattice

Ryo Tamura, Naoki Kawashima

摘要:

本文用Monte Carlo方法研究了三角晶格上二维经典Heisenberg模型中的有限温度相变。该模型考虑了竞争相互作用:铁磁最近邻相互作用$J_1$和反铁磁第三最近邻相互作用$J_3$。因此,基态是$-4 < J_1/J_3 < 0$的螺旋自旋构型。在这种结构中,全局自旋旋转不能补偿120度晶格旋转的影响,与传统的最近邻相互作用模型的120度结构相反。我们发现,该模型表现出一个一级相变与晶格旋转对称性破缺在有限的温度。在各向同性的情况下,该转变的特征在于$Z_2$涡旋解离,而在各向异性的情况下,它可以被看作是$Z$涡旋解离。值得注意的是,随着各向异性的大小减小,后者与前者连续相连,这与Misawa和Motome最近的工作形成对比[J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. \textbf{79}(2010)073001。]其中发现两种转变都是连续的。

英文摘要:

Using a Monte Carlo method, we study the finite-temperature phase transition in the two-dimensional classical Heisenberg model on a triangular lattice with or without easy-plane anisotropy. The model takes account of competing interactions: a ferromagnetic nearest-neighbor interaction $J_1$ and an antiferromagnetic third nearest-neighbor interaction $J_3$. As a result, the ground state is a spiral spin configuration for $-4 < J_1/J_3 < 0$. In this structure, global spin rotation cannot compensate for the effect of 120-degree lattice rotation, in contrast to the conventional 120-degree structure of the nearest-neighbor interaction model. We find that this model exhibits a first-order phase transition with breaking of the lattice rotation symmetry at a finite temperature. The transition is characterized as a $Z_2$ vortex dissociation in the isotropic case, whereas it can be viewed as a $Z$ vortex dissociation in the anisotropic case. Remarkably, the latter is continuously connected to the former as the magnitude of anisotropy decreases, in contrast to the recent work by Misawa and Motome [J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. \textbf{79} (2010) 073001.] in which both the transitions were found to be continuous.

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