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Phase Transition between the Spin-Flop and Paramagnetic Phases of the Heisenberg Antiferromagnet

Koji Muramatsu
- 15 Oct 1981 - 
- Vol. 50, Iss: 10, pp 3207-3214
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In this article, the spin-flop paramagnetic phase transition of the Heisenberg antiferromagnet in the limit of zero anisotropy is studied by a Green function theory in the random phase approximation for S = 1/2 and by a spin wave theory including spin wave interactions for general spin.
Abstract
The spin-flop paramagnetic phase transition of the Heisenberg antiferromagnet in the limit of zero anisotropy is studied by a Green function theory in the random phase approximation for S =1/2 and by a spin wave theory including spin wave interactions for general spin. The phase transition is found to be of first order at finite temperature and the angle θ between the spins and the direction of applied field changes discontinuously at the transition. The spin wave theory predicts a non-zero excitation energy gap in the limit of zero anisotropy in the spin-flop phase.

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