Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Valence bond order in a honeycomb antiferromagnet coupled to quantum phonons

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B
 [1]
  1. Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC (United States); Georgetown University
We use exact quantum Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate that the Néel ground state of an antiferromagnetic SU(2) spin-1/2 Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice can be destroyed by a coupling to quantum phonons. Here, we find a clear first-order transition to a valence bond solid state with Kekulé order instead of a deconfined quantum critical point. However, quantum lattice fluctuations can drive the transition towards weakly first order, revealing a tunability of the transition by the retardation of the interaction. In contrast to the one-dimensional case, our phase diagram in the adiabatic regime is qualitatively different from the frustrated J1–J2 model. Our results suggest that a coupling to bond phonons can induce Kekulé order in Dirac systems.
Research Organization:
Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-08ER46542
OSTI ID:
1783726
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 103; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (89)

Finite size scaling analysis of ising model block distribution functions journal June 1981
Finite size effects at thermally-driven first order phase transitions: A phenomenological theory of the order parameter distribution journal March 1993
Dynamical properties of low-dimensional and spin-Peierls systems journal January 1998
Quantum Phase Transitions book January 2011
Designer Dirac fermions and topological phases in molecular graphene journal March 2012
Unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene superlattices journal March 2018
Imaging chiral symmetry breaking from Kekulé bond order in graphene journal May 2016
Quantum magnetism and criticality journal March 2008
Fermion-induced quantum critical points journal August 2017
Quantum Monte Carlo study of lattice polarons in the two-dimensional three-orbital Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model journal June 2020
Symmetry-enhanced discontinuous phase transition in a two-dimensional quantum magnet journal April 2019
Plaquette valence bond ordering in a J 1J 2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a honeycomb lattice journal May 2011
From an antiferromagnet to a valence bond solid: evidence for a first-order phase transition journal February 2008
Peierls instability in Heisenberg chains journal December 1974
A new theory of the spin-Peierls transition with special relevance to the experiments on TTFCuBDT journal January 1979
Topology of the resonating valence-bond state: Solitons and high- T c superconductivity journal June 1987
Valence-bond approach to two-dimensional broken symmetries: Application to La 2 Cu O 4 journal November 1987
Dimerization in the two-dimensional Hubbard model journal February 1988
Peierls instability in the two-dimensional half-filled Hubbard model journal June 1988
Comment on "Peierls instability in the two-dimensional half-filled Hubbard model" journal June 1989
Spin-Peierls, valence-bond solid, and Néel ground states of low-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets journal September 1990
Quantum Monte Carlo simulation method for spin systems journal March 1991
Quantum Monte Carlo in the interaction representation: Application to a spin-Peierls model journal December 1997
Nonadiabatic approach to spin-Peierls transitions via flow equations journal June 1998
Dynamical effects of phonons on soliton binding in spin-Peierls systems journal October 1998
Thermodynamical properties of a spin- 1 2 Heisenberg chain coupled to phonons journal November 1999
Quantum lattice fluctuations in a frustrated Heisenberg spin-Peierls chain journal September 1999
Coexistence of the bond-order wave and antiferromagnetism in a two-dimensional half-filled Peierls-Hubbard model journal February 2002
Ground-state properties of two-dimensional dimerized Heisenberg models journal March 2002
Spin-phonon chains with bond coupling journal April 2002
Bond-order-wave phase and quantum phase transitions in the one-dimensional extended Hubbard model journal April 2002
Thermodynamic properties of the two-dimensional S = 1 2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet coupled to bond phonons journal November 2003
Quantum criticality beyond the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm journal October 2004
Deconfined quantum criticality and Néel order via dimer disorder journal December 2004
Structural and magnetic instabilities of two-dimensional quantum spin systems journal July 2006
Phase diagram of the spin-Peierls chain with local coupling: Density-matrix renormalization-group calculations and unitary transformations journal December 2006
Masses in graphenelike two-dimensional electronic systems: Topological defects in order parameters and their fractional exchange statistics journal November 2009
Unconventional superconductivity on honeycomb lattice: Theory of Kekule order parameter journal July 2010
Phase diagram of a frustrated quantum antiferromagnet on the honeycomb lattice: Magnetic order versus valence-bond crystal formation journal July 2011
Phase diagram for the ν = 0 quantum Hall state in monolayer graphene journal April 2012
Phase diagram of the spin- 1 2 J 1 - J 2 Heisenberg model on a honeycomb lattice journal October 2013
Possibility of deconfined criticality in SU( N ) Heisenberg models at small N journal December 2013
Instabilities on graphene's honeycomb lattice with electron-phonon interactions journal July 2014
Transitions to valence-bond solid order in a honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet journal March 2015
Scaling dimensions of higher-charge monopoles at deconfined critical points journal November 2015
Gauge-field-assisted Kekulé quantum criticality journal November 2016
Continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo for fermion-boson lattice models: Improved bosonic estimators and application to the Holstein model journal December 2016
Competition between spin liquids and valence-bond order in the frustrated spin- 1 2 Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice journal September 2017
Fluctuation-induced continuous transition and quantum criticality in Dirac semimetals journal September 2017
Intrinsic and emergent anomalies at deconfined critical points journal August 2018
Kekulé valence bond order in an extended Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice with possible applications to twisted bilayer graphene journal September 2018
Fermionic multicriticality near Kekulé valence-bond ordering on a honeycomb lattice journal June 2019
Quantum Monte Carlo with directed loops journal October 2002
Scaling in the Fan of an Unconventional Quantum Critical Point journal January 2008
Deconfined Criticality: Generic First-Order Transition in the SU(2) Symmetry Case journal August 2008
Spin-Lattice Coupling, Frustration, and Magnetic Order in Multiferroic R MnO 3 journal August 2009
Field-Induced Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition in the N = 0 Landau Level of Graphene journal November 2009
Continuous Quantum Phase Transition between an Antiferromagnet and a Valence-Bond Solid in Two Dimensions: Evidence for Logarithmic Corrections to Scaling journal April 2010
Possible Lattice Distortions in the Hubbard Model for Graphene journal August 2011
Deconfined Criticality in the Frustrated Heisenberg Honeycomb Antiferromagnet journal March 2013
Weak Plaquette Valence Bond Order in the S = 1 / 2 Honeycomb J 1 − J 2 Heisenberg Model journal March 2013
Néel-State to Valence-Bond-Solid Transition on the Honeycomb Lattice: Evidence for Deconfined Criticality journal August 2013
Fate of C P N − 1 Fixed Points with q Monopoles journal September 2013
Generalized Moment Method for Gap Estimation and Quantum Monte Carlo Level Spectroscopy journal August 2015
Necessary Condition for Emergent Symmetry from the Conformal Bootstrap journal September 2016
Directed-Loop Quantum Monte Carlo Method for Retarded Interactions journal August 2017
Dirac Fermions with Competing Orders: Non-Landau Transition with Emergent Symmetry journal November 2017
Charge-Density-Wave Transitions of Dirac Fermions Coupled to Phonons journal February 2019
Charge Order in the Holstein Model on a Honeycomb Lattice journal February 2019
Valence Bond Orders at Charge Neutrality in a Possible Two-Orbital Extended Hubbard Model for Twisted Bilayer Graphene journal October 2019
Observation of a Spin-Peierls Transition in a Heisenberg Antiferromagnetic Linear-Chain System journal September 1975
Solitons in Polyacetylene journal June 1979
Valence-bond and spin-Peierls ground states of low-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets journal April 1989
Observation of the spin-Peierls transition in linear Cu 2 + (spin-1/2) chains in an inorganic compound CuGeO 3 journal June 1993
Peierls Dimerization with Nonadiabatic Spin-Phonon Coupling journal November 1998
Spin-Peierls Transition in the Heisenberg Chain with Finite-Frequency Phonons journal July 1999
Phase Diagram of a Heisenberg Spin-Peierls Model with Quantum Phonons journal July 1999
Order by Distortion and String Modes in Pyrochlore Antiferromagnets journal January 2002
Peierls-Like Transition Induced by Frustration in a Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnet journal July 2002
Half-Magnetization Plateau Stabilized by Structural Distortion in the Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Model on a Pyrochlore Lattice journal November 2004
Electron Fractionalization in Two-Dimensional Graphenelike Structures journal May 2007
Evidence for Deconfined Quantum Criticality in a Two-Dimensional Heisenberg Model with Four-Spin Interactions journal June 2007
Competing orders and unconventional criticality in the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model journal April 2020
Valence Bonds in Random Quantum Magnets: Theory and Application to YbMgGaO 4 journal July 2018
Deconfined Quantum Critical Points journal March 2004
The Resonating Valence Bond State in La2CuO4 and Superconductivity journal March 1987
Spin-Peierls Transition with Competing Interactions journal September 1987
Exchange Monte Carlo Method and Application to Spin Glass Simulations journal June 1996
Two-Dimensional Spin-Peierls State With a Multimode Lattice Distortion journal March 2006