Quantum-critical scaling properties of the two-dimensional random-singlet state

Abstract

We use QMC simulations to study effects of disorder on the $S=1/2$ Heisenberg model with exchange constant $J$ on the square lattice supplemented by multispin interactions $Q$. It was found recently [L. Lu et al., Phys. Rev. X 8, 041040 (2018)] that the ground state of this $J$-$Q$ model with random couplings undergoes a quantum phase transition from the Néel state into a randomness-induced spin-liquid-like state that is a close analogue to the well known random-singlet (RS) state of the random Heisenberg chain. The 2D RS state arises from spinons localized at topological defects. The interacting spinons form a critical state with mean spin-spin correlations decaying with distance $r$ as $r^{-2}$, as in the 1D RS state. The dynamic exponent $z\ge 2$, varying continuously with the model parameters. We here further investigate the properties of the RS state in the $J$-$Q$ model with random $Q$ couplings. We study the temperature dependence of the specific heat and various susceptibilities for large enough systems to reach the thermodynamic limit and also analyze the size dependence of the critical magnetic order parameter and its susceptibility in the ground state. For all these quantities, we find consistency with conventional quantum-critical scaling when the condition implied by the $r^{-2}$ form of the spin correlations is imposed. All quantities can be explained by the same value of the dynamic exponent $z$ at fixed model parameters. We argue that the RS state identified in the $J$-$Q$ model corresponds to a generic renormalization group fixed point that can be reached in many quantum magnets with random couplings, and may already have been observed experimentally.

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