Breakdown of a Magnetization Plateau in Ferrimagnetic Mixed Spin-(1/2,S) Heisenberg Chains due to a Quantum Phase Transition towards the Luttinger Spin Liquid |
| J. Strečka
Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Park Angelinum 9, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia |
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| Magnetization curves of the ferrimagnetic mixed spin-(1/2,S) Heisenberg chains are calculated with the help of density-matrix renormalization group method for several quantum spin numbers S=1, 3/2, 2 and 5/2. It is shown that the ferrimagnetic mixed spin-(1/2,S) Heisenberg chains exhibit irrespective of the spin value S exactly one intermediate magnetization plateau, which can be identified with the gapped Lieb-Mattis ferrimagnetic ground state. The magnetization plateau due to the Lieb-Mattis ferrimagnetism breaks down at a quantum phase transition towards the Luttinger spin liquid, which is characterized by a continuous change of the magnetization with the magnetic field until another quantum critical point is reached at the saturation field. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.131.624 PACS numbers: 75.10.Pq, 75.10.Kt, 75.30.Kz, 75.40.Cx, 75.60.Ej |