Unexpected z-Direction Ising Antiferromagnetic Order in a frustrated Spin-1/2 $J_1-J_2$ XY Model on the Honeycomb Lattice

Abstract

Using the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) on wide cylinders, we study the phase diagram of the spin-1/2 XY model on the honeycomb lattice, with first-neighbor ($J_1=1$) and frustrating second-neighbor ($J_2>0$) interactions. For the intermediate frustration regime $0.22\lesssim J_2\lesssim 0.36$, we find a surprising antiferromagnetic Ising phase, with ordered moments pointing along the z axis, despite the absence of any S_z_z interactions in the Hamiltonian. Surrounding this phase as a function of $J_2$ are antiferromagnetic phases with the moments pointing in the $x-y$ plane for small $J_2$ and a close competition between an $x-y$ plane magnetic collinear phase and a dimer phase for large values of $J_2$. We do not find any spin liquid phases in this model.

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