Universal Neel temperature in three-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets

作者:Jin Songbo*; Sandvik Anders W
来源:Physical Review B, 2012, 85(2): 020409.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.020409

摘要

We study three-dimensional dimerized S = 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnets, using quantum Monte Carlo simulations of systems with three different dimerization patterns. We propose a way to relate the Neel temperature T-N to the staggered moment m(s) of the ground state. Mean-field arguments suggest T-N proportional to m(s) close to a quantum-critical point. We find an almost perfect universality (including the prefactor) if T-N is normalized by a proper lattice-scale energy. We show that the temperature T* at which the magnetic susceptibility has a maximum is a good choice, i.e., T-N/T* versus m(s) is a universal also beyond the linear regime). These results are useful for analyzing experiments on systems where the spin couplings are not known precisely, e. g., TlCuCl3.

  • 出版日期2012-1-27