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Correlations and N{acute e}el Order of Randomly Diluted Quantum Spin Ladders

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Department of Applied Physics and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
We present a Monte Carlo study of the correlation length {xi} of randomly diluted antiferromagnetic spin- (1 ) /(2) two-chain Heisenberg ladders with weak and intermediate interchain couplings, J{sub {perpendicular}}/J{le}1 . We are able to access the experimentally relevant low-temperature regime, T/J{approx}1/500 , and find (i) that the form {xi}(z,thinspT)=A(z)+B(z)T{sup {minus}{nu}} , with {nu}=0.40(5) , describes our data at low and moderate dilution z and up to rather high temperatures, (ii) evidence for scaling of {xi}J{sub {perpendicular}}/J in the variable zJ/J{sub {perpendicular}} at weak J{sub {perpendicular}}/J , (iii) an enhancement of correlations that is strongest for a fraction z{sup {asterisk}}{approx}J{sub {perpendicular}}/(8J) of dilutants, and (iv) that the N{acute e}el temperature of Sr(Cu{sub 1{minus}z}Zn{sub z }){sub 2}O{sub 3} corresponds well to a curve of constant correlation length {xi}=18(2) of the single diluted ladder with J{sub {perpendicular}}/J{approx_lt} ( 1) /(2) . {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
643697
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 81; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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