Evidence for deconfined quantum criticality in a two-dimensional Heisenberg model with four-spin interactions |
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Authors: | Sandvik Anders W |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. |
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Abstract: | Using ground-state projector quantum Monte Carlo simulations in the valence-bond basis, it is demonstrated that nonfrustrating four-spin interactions can destroy the Néel order of the two-dimensional S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet and drive it into a valence-bond solid (VBS) phase. Results for spin and dimer correlations are consistent with a single continuous transition, and all data exhibit finite-size scaling with a single set of exponents, z=1, nu=0.78+/-0.03, and eta=0.26+/-0.03. The unusually large eta and an emergent U(1) symmetry, detected using VBS order parameter histograms, provide strong evidence for a deconfined quantum critical point. |
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