Exotic surface behaviors induced by geometrical settings of the two-dimensional dimerized quantum XXZ model

Abstract

We study the surface behavior of the two-dimensional columnar dimerized quantum antiferromagnetic XXZ model with easy-plane anisotropy, with particular emphasis on the surface critical behaviors of the (2+1)-dimensional quantum critical points of the model that belong to the classical three-dimensional O(2) universality class, for both $S=1/2$ and $S=1$ spins using quantum Monte Carlo simulations. We find completely different surface behaviors on two different surfaces of geometrical settings: the dangling-ladder surface, which is exposed by cutting a row of weak bonds, and the dangling-chain surface, which is formed by cutting a row of strong bonds along the direction perpendicular to the strong bonds of a periodic system. Similar to the Heisenberg limit, we find an ordinary transition on the dangling-ladder surface for both $S=1$ and $S=1/2$ spin systems. However, the dangling-chain surface shows much richer surface behaviors than in the Heisenberg limit. For the $S=1/2$ easy-plane model, at the bulk critical point, we provide evidence supporting an extraordinary surface transition with a long-range order established by effective long-range interactions due to bulk critical fluctuations. The possibility that the state is an extraordinary-log state seems unlikely. For the $S=1$ system, we find surface behaviors similar to that of the three-dimensional classical XY model with sufficiently enhanced surface coupling, suggesting an extraordinary-log state at the bulk critical point.

arXiv comment13 pages, 9 figures

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