A mean-field theory for strongly disordered non-frustrated antiferromagnets

dc.creatorWeber, Heidrun
dc.creatorVojta, Matthias
dc.date2006-06-29
dc.date2006-10-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:12:56Z
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dc.descriptionMotivated by impurity-induced magnetic ordering phenomena in spin-gap materials like TlCuCl3, we develop a mean-field theory for strongly disordered antiferromagnets, designed to capture the broad distribution of coupling constants in the effective model for the impurity degrees of freedom. Based on our results, we argue that in the presence of random magnetic couplings the conventional first-order spin-flop transition of an anisotropic antiferromagnet is split into two transitions at low temperatures, associated with separate order parameters along and perpendicular to the field axis. We demonstrate the existence of either a bicritcal point or a critical endpoint in the temperature-field phase diagram, with the consequence that signatures of the spin flop are more pronounced at elevated temperature.
dc.description8 pages, 8 figs; (v2) final version as published
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606753
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606753
dc.identifierEur. Phys. J. B 53, 185 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1140/epjb/e2006-00370-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/112259
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleA mean-field theory for strongly disordered non-frustrated antiferromagnets
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