Quasiperiodic spin chains in a magnetic field

We study the interplay between a (quasi) periodic coupling array and an external magnetic field in a spin-1/2 XXZ chain. A new class of magnetization plateau is obtained by means of Abelian bosonization methods which gives rise to a sufficient quantization condition. The investigation of magnetic ph...

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Autores principales: Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián, Cabra, Daniel Carlos, Grynberg, Marcelo Daniel
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2001
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125886
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Sumario:We study the interplay between a (quasi) periodic coupling array and an external magnetic field in a spin-1/2 XXZ chain. A new class of magnetization plateau is obtained by means of Abelian bosonization methods which gives rise to a sufficient quantization condition. The investigation of magnetic phase diagrams via exact diagonalization of finite clusters finds a complete agreement with the continuum treatment in a variety of situations.