Gapless spin-fluid ground state in a random quantum Heisenberg magnet

Subir Sachdev and Jinwu Ye
Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3339 – Published 24 May 1993
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Abstract

We examine the spin-S quantum Heisenberg magnet with Gaussian-random, infinite-range exchange interactions. The quantum-disordered phase is accessed by generalizing to SU(M) symmetry and studying the large M limit. For large S the ground state is a spin glass, while quantum fluctuations produce a spin-fluid state for small S. The spin-fluid phase is found to be generically gapless—the average, zero temperature, local dynamic spin susceptibility obeys χ¯(ω)∼ln(1/‖ω‖)+i(π/2)sgn(ω) at low frequencies.

  • Received 22 December 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3339

©1993 American Physical Society

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Subir Sachdev and Jinwu Ye

  • Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, P.O. Box 2157, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520

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Vol. 70, Iss. 21 — 24 May 1993

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