Quantum phase diagram of $J_1-J_2$ Heisenberg $S=1/2$ antiferromagnet in honeycomb lattice: a modified spin wave study

Abstract

Using modified spin wave (MSW) method, we study the $J_1-J_2$ Heisenberg model with first and second neighbor antiferromagnetic exchange interactions. For symmetric $S=1/2$ model, with the same couplings for all the equivalent neighbors, we find three phase in terms of frustration parameter $\bar{\alpha }=J_2/J_1$: (1) a commensurate collinear ordering with staggered magnetization (N{é}el.I state) for $0\le \bar{\alpha }\lesssim 0.207$ , (2) a magnetically gapped disordered state for $0.207\lesssim \bar{\alpha }\lesssim 0.369$, preserving all the symmetries of the Hamiltonian and lattice, hence by definition is a quantum spin liquid (QSL) state and (3) a commensurate collinear ordering in which two out of three nearest neighbor magnetizations are antiparallel and the remaining pair are parallel (N{é}el.II state), for $0.396\lesssim \bar{\alpha }\le 1$. We also explore the phase diagram of distorted $J_1-J_2$ model with $S=1/2$. Distortion is introduced as an inequality of one nearest neighbor coupling with the other two. This yields a richer phase diagram by the appearance of a new gapped QSL, a gapless QSL and also a valence bond crystal (VBC) phase in addition to the previously three phases found for undistorted model.

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