Emergence of a 2d macro-spin liquid in a highly frustrated 3d quantum magnet
arXiv:1602.05983 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.060401
Abstract
The classical Ising model on the frustrated 3d swedenborgite lattice has disordered spin liquid ground states for all ratios of inter- and intra-planar couplings. Quantum fluctuations due to a transverse field give rise to several exotic quantum phenomena. In the limit of weakly coupled Kagomé layers we find a 3d version of disorder by disorder. For large out-of-plane couplings 1d macro-spins are formed which realize a disordered macro-spin liquid on an emerging triangular lattice. Signatures of this dimensional reduction are also found in critical exponents of the quantum phase transition out of the fully polarized phase into the macro-spin liquid displaying quantum criticality typical for 2d quantum systems.
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