Nematic and Chiral Order for Planar Spins on a Triangular Lattice

作者:Park Jin Hong*; Onoda Shigeki; Nagaosa Naoto; Han Jung Hoon
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2008, 101(16): 167202.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.167202

摘要

We propose a variant of the antiferromagnetic XY model which includes a biquadratic (J(2)) as well as the quadratic (J(1)) interaction on the triangular lattice. The phase diagram for large J(2)/J(1) exhibits a phase with coexisting quasi-long-range nematic, and long-ranged vector spin chirality orders in the absence of magnetic order, which qualifies our model as the first instance of a classical spin model that exhibits a vector chiral spin liquid phase. The interplay of nematic and spin chirality orders is discussed. A variety of critical properties are derived by means of Monte Carlo simulation.

  • 出版日期2008-10-17