Susceptibility of the 2D spin-1 / 2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet with an impurity

We use a quantum Monte Carlo method (stochastic series expansion) to study the effects of a magnetic or nonmagnetic impurity on the magnetic susceptibility of the two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet. At low temperatures, we find a log-divergent contribution to the transverse susceptibility. W...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2003-08, Vol.91 (7), p.077204-077204, Article 077204
Hauptverfasser: Höglund, Kaj H, Sandvik, Anders W
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We use a quantum Monte Carlo method (stochastic series expansion) to study the effects of a magnetic or nonmagnetic impurity on the magnetic susceptibility of the two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet. At low temperatures, we find a log-divergent contribution to the transverse susceptibility. We also introduce an effective few-spin model that can quantitatively capture the differences between magnetic and nonmagnetic impurities at high and intermediate temperatures.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.077204