TY - JOUR
T1 - Lattice model for the SU(N) néel to valence-bond solid quantum phase transition at large N
AU - Kaul, Ribhu K.
AU - Sandvik, Anders W.
PY - 2012/3/28
Y1 - 2012/3/28
N2 - We generalize the SU(N=2) S=1/2 square-lattice quantum magnet with nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic coupling (J 1) and next-nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic coupling (J 2) to arbitrary N. For all N>4, the ground state has valence-bond-solid order for J 2=0 and Néel order for J 2/J 11, allowing us access to the transition between these types of states for large N. Using quantum MonteCarlo simulations, we show that both order parameters vanish at a single quantum-critical point, whose universal exponents for large enough N (here up to N=12) approach the values obtained in a 1/N expansion of the noncompact CPN -1 field theory. These results lend strong support to the deconfined quantum-criticality theory of the Néel-valence-bond-solid transition.
AB - We generalize the SU(N=2) S=1/2 square-lattice quantum magnet with nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic coupling (J 1) and next-nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic coupling (J 2) to arbitrary N. For all N>4, the ground state has valence-bond-solid order for J 2=0 and Néel order for J 2/J 11, allowing us access to the transition between these types of states for large N. Using quantum MonteCarlo simulations, we show that both order parameters vanish at a single quantum-critical point, whose universal exponents for large enough N (here up to N=12) approach the values obtained in a 1/N expansion of the noncompact CPN -1 field theory. These results lend strong support to the deconfined quantum-criticality theory of the Néel-valence-bond-solid transition.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.137201
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.137201
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859336910
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 108
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 13
M1 - 137201
ER -