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The nature of the phase transition for the XY stacked triangular antiferromagnet (STA) is a controversial subject at present. The field theoretical renormalization group (RG) in three dimensions predicts a first order transition. This prediction disagrees with Monte-Carlo (MC) simulations which favor a new universality class or a tricritical transition. We simulate by the Monte-Carlo method two models derived from the STA by imposing the constraint of local rigidity which should have the same critical behavior as the original model. A strong first order transition is found. Following Zumbach we analyze the second order transition observed in MC studies as due to a fixed point in the complex plane. We review the experimental results in order to clarify the critical behavior observed.
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Received: 18 February 1998 / Revised: 24 April 1998 / Accepted: 30 April 1998
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Loison, D., Schotte, K. First and second order transition in frustrated XY systems. Eur. Phys. J. B 5, 735–743 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050497
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050497