arXiv · cond-mat/0301533
Spin-orbital gapped phase with least symmetry breaking in the one-dimensional symmetrically coupled spin-orbital model
Abstract
To describe the spin-orbital energy gap formation in the one-dimensional symmetrically coupled spin-orbital model, we propose a simple mean field theory based on an SU(4) constraint fermion representation of spins and orbitals. A spin-orbital gapped phase is formed due to a marginally relevant spin-orbital valence bond pairing interaction. The energy gap of the spin and orbital excitations grows extremely slowly from the SU(4) symmetric point up to a maximum value and then decreases rapidly. By calculating the spin, orbital, and spin-orbital tensor static susceptibilities at zero temperature, we find a crossover from coherent to incoherent magnetic excitations as the spin-orbital coupling decreasing from large to small values.
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Guang-Ming Zhang, Hu Hui, Lu Yu. 2003-03-03. Spin-orbital gapped phase with least symmetry breaking in the one-dimensional symmetrically coupled spin-orbital model. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.67.064420
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