arXiv · cond-mat/0110061
Bond-disordered spin systems: Theory and application to doped high-Tc compounds
Abstract
We examine the stability of magnetic order in a classical Heisenberg model with quenched random exchange couplings. This system represents the spin degrees of freedom in high-$T_\textrm{c}$ compounds with immobile dopants. Starting from a replica representation of the nonlinear $σ$-model, we perform a renormalization-group analysis. The importance of cumulants of the disorder distribution to arbitrarily high orders necessitates a functional renormalization scheme. From the renormalization flow equations we determine the magnetic correlation length numerically as a function of the impurity concentration and of temperature. From our analysis follows that two-dimensional layers can be magnetically ordered for arbitrarily strong but sufficiently diluted defects. We further consider the dimensional crossover in a stack of weakly coupled layers. The resulting phase diagram is compared with experimental data for La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$.
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Frank Krüger, Stefan Scheidl. 2001-10-02. Bond-disordered spin systems: Theory and application to doped high-Tc compounds. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.65.224502
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