We study the two-dimensional (2D) S = 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet with weak easy-plane exchange anisotropy (down to 0.1%) by quantum Monte Carlo simulations. We observe a crossover between isotropic and XY behavior at a temperature which is similar to 30% above the Kosterlitz - Thouless transition. Evidences of the latter are hard to detect in real layered materials due to the interlayer exchange; however, below the crossover there exists a range where experimental detection of non-critical 2D XY behavior is possible, as shown in the case of Sr2CuO2Cl2
Signatures of XY behaviour in 2D weakly anisotropic antiferromagnets / A. CUCCOLI; T. ROSCILDE; V. TOGNETTI; R. VAIA; P. VERRUCCHI. - In: JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS. - ISSN 0304-8853. - STAMPA. - 272-276:(2004), pp. E651-E652.
Signatures of XY behaviour in 2D weakly anisotropic antiferromagnets
CUCCOLI, ALESSANDRO;TOGNETTI, VALERIO;VERRUCCHI, PAOLA
2004
Abstract
We study the two-dimensional (2D) S = 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet with weak easy-plane exchange anisotropy (down to 0.1%) by quantum Monte Carlo simulations. We observe a crossover between isotropic and XY behavior at a temperature which is similar to 30% above the Kosterlitz - Thouless transition. Evidences of the latter are hard to detect in real layered materials due to the interlayer exchange; however, below the crossover there exists a range where experimental detection of non-critical 2D XY behavior is possible, as shown in the case of Sr2CuO2Cl2I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.