The anisotropic Heisenberg model close to the Ising limit: triangular lattice vs. effective models

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Main Authors: Ulaga, Martin, Kokalj, Jure, Tohyama, Takami, Prelovšek, Peter
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Published: 2025
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author Ulaga, Martin
Kokalj, Jure
Tohyama, Takami
Prelovšek, Peter
author_facet Ulaga, Martin
Kokalj, Jure
Tohyama, Takami
Prelovšek, Peter
contents Stimulated by recent experiments on materials representing the realization of the anisotropic Heisenberg spin-$1/2$ model on the triangular lattice, we explore further properties of such a model in the easy-axis regime $α= J_\perp/J_z < 1$, as well as effective models that also capture such physics. We show that anisotropic Heisenberg models on the honeycomb lattice and even on the square lattice reveal similarities to the full triangular lattice in the magnetization curve as well as in the transverse magnetization (superfluid) order parameter $m_\perp$ at finite fields. Still, at $α\ll 1$, results reveal gapless excitations and small but finite $m_\perp >0 $ at effective fields corresponding to the triangular case without the field. In contrast, several additional numerical studies of the full model on the triangular lattice confirm the existence of the gap at $α\ll 1$. In particular, the magnetization curve $m(h)$ as well as the spin stiffness $ρ_s$ indicate (at zero field) a transition/crossover from gapped to gapless regime at $α\sim α^*$ with $α^* \lesssim 0.5$. We also show that deviations from the linear spin-wave theory and the emergence of the gap can be traced back to the strong effective repulsion between magnon excitations, having similarity to strongly correlated systems.
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spellingShingle The anisotropic Heisenberg model close to the Ising limit: triangular lattice vs. effective models
Ulaga, Martin
Kokalj, Jure
Tohyama, Takami
Prelovšek, Peter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Stimulated by recent experiments on materials representing the realization of the anisotropic Heisenberg spin-$1/2$ model on the triangular lattice, we explore further properties of such a model in the easy-axis regime $α= J_\perp/J_z < 1$, as well as effective models that also capture such physics. We show that anisotropic Heisenberg models on the honeycomb lattice and even on the square lattice reveal similarities to the full triangular lattice in the magnetization curve as well as in the transverse magnetization (superfluid) order parameter $m_\perp$ at finite fields. Still, at $α\ll 1$, results reveal gapless excitations and small but finite $m_\perp >0 $ at effective fields corresponding to the triangular case without the field. In contrast, several additional numerical studies of the full model on the triangular lattice confirm the existence of the gap at $α\ll 1$. In particular, the magnetization curve $m(h)$ as well as the spin stiffness $ρ_s$ indicate (at zero field) a transition/crossover from gapped to gapless regime at $α\sim α^*$ with $α^* \lesssim 0.5$. We also show that deviations from the linear spin-wave theory and the emergence of the gap can be traced back to the strong effective repulsion between magnon excitations, having similarity to strongly correlated systems.
title The anisotropic Heisenberg model close to the Ising limit: triangular lattice vs. effective models
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12667