Spin correlations of 2D quantum antiferromagnet at low temperatures and a direct comparison with neutron-scattering experiments
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters; (USA)
- Concurrent Computation Program, California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA (USA) Physics Department, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (USA)
Correlation functions of the spin-1/2 2D Heisenberg antiferromagnet at low temperatures are computed via a large-scale Monte Carlo simulation on 128{times}128 lattices. The correlation length is found to be accurately described by the exponentially divergent form typical of classical Heisenberg spins in two dimensions. The large correlation lengths measured are directly compared with the neutron-scattering experiments on La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4}. The excellent fit provides a first-principles determination of the exchange coupling: {ital J}=1450 {plus minus}30 K.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-85ER25009; AC03-81ER40050
- OSTI ID:
- 7122713
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 64:12; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360204* -- Ceramics
Cermets
& Refractories-- Physical Properties
ALGORITHMS
ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
COHERENT SCATTERING
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
CORRELATIONS
CRYSTAL MODELS
DATA
DIFFRACTION
EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS
FILMS
FUNCTIONS
HEISENBERG MODEL
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
LANTHANUM OXIDES
LOW TEMPERATURE
MAGNETIC MATERIALS
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTITION FUNCTIONS
QUANTIZATION
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
SCATTERING
SIMULATION
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THEORETICAL DATA
THIN FILMS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
360204* -- Ceramics
Cermets
& Refractories-- Physical Properties
ALGORITHMS
ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
COHERENT SCATTERING
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
CORRELATIONS
CRYSTAL MODELS
DATA
DIFFRACTION
EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS
FILMS
FUNCTIONS
HEISENBERG MODEL
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
LANTHANUM OXIDES
LOW TEMPERATURE
MAGNETIC MATERIALS
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTITION FUNCTIONS
QUANTIZATION
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
SCATTERING
SIMULATION
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THEORETICAL DATA
THIN FILMS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS