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Alternating-spin S = 3/2 and σ = 1/2 Heisenberg chain with isotropic three-body exchange interactions

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The promotion of collinear classical spin configurations as well as the enhanced tendency towards nearest-neighbor clustering of the quantum spins are typical features of the frustrating isotropic three-body exchange interactions in Heisenberg spin systems. Based on numerical density-matrix renormalization group calculations, we demonstrate that these extra interactions in the Heisenberg chain constructed from alternating S = 3/2 and σ = 1/2 site spins can generate numerous specific quantum spin states, including some partially-polarized ferrimagnetic states as well as a doubly-degenerate non-magnetic gapped phase. In the non-magnetic region of the phase diagram, the model describes a crossover between the spin-1 and spin-2 Haldane-type states.

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  1. Department of Physics, Bielefeld University, P.O. Box 100131, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany

    Nedko B. Ivanov & Jürgen Schnack

  2. Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko chaussee 72, 1784, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Nedko B. Ivanov

  3. Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, University of Applied Sciences, 33619, Bielefeld, Germany

    Svetozara I. Petrova

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Ivanov, N., Petrova, S. & Schnack, J. Alternating-spin S = 3/2 and σ = 1/2 Heisenberg chain with isotropic three-body exchange interactions. Eur. Phys. J. B 89, 121 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2016-70057-y

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