arXiv · cond-mat/9509056
Spin Glass and Antiferromagnetic Behaviour in a Diluted fcc Antiferromagnet
Abstract
We report on a Monte Carlo study of a diluted Ising antiferromagnet on a fcc lattice. This is a typical model example of a highly frustrated antiferromagnet, and we ask, whether sufficient random dilution of spins does produce a spin glass phase. Our data strongly indicate the existence of a spin glass transition for spin--concentration $p<0.75$: We find a divergent spin glass susceptibility and a divergent spin glass correlation length, whereas the antiferromagnetic correlation length saturates in this regime. Furthermore, we find a first order phase transition to an antiferromagnet for $1\ge p>0.85$, which becomes continuous in the range $0.85>p>0.75$. Finite size scaling is employed to obtain critical exponents. We compare our results with experimental systems as diluted frustrated antiferromagnets as ${\rm Zn_{1-p}Mn_{p}Te}$.
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C. Wengel, C. L. Henley, A. Zippelius. 1995-09-12. Spin Glass and Antiferromagnetic Behaviour in a Diluted fcc Antiferromagnet. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.53.6543
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