Document Type
Article
Publication Date
February 2012
Publication Title
Physical Review B
Volume
85
Issue Number
6
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.85.064401
Keywords
Thermodynamics, Clinoatacamite, Clusters, Pyrochlore
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Physics
Abstract
We study the thermodynamic properties of the clinoatacamite compound, Cu2(OH)3Cl, by considering several approximate models. They include the Heisenberg model on (i) the uniform pyrochlore lattice, (ii) a very anisotropic pyrochlore lattice, and (iii) a kagome lattice weakly coupled to spins that sit on a triangular lattice. We utilize the exact diagonalization of small clusters with periodic boundary conditions and implement a numerical linked-cluster expansion approach for quantum lattice models with reduced symmetries, which allows us to solve model (iii) in the thermodynamic limit. We find a very good agreement between the experimental uniform susceptibility and the numerical results for models (ii) and (iii), which suggests a weak ferromagnetic coupling between the kagome and triangular layers in clinoatacamite. We also study thermodynamic properties in a geometrical transition between a planar pyrochlore lattice and the kagome lattice.
Recommended Citation
Ehsan Khatami, Joel Helton, and Marcos Rigol. "Numerical study of the thermodynamics of clinoatacamite" Physical Review B (2012). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.064401
Comments
This article originally appeared in Physical Review B, volume 85, issue 6, 2012, published by the American Physical Society. ©2012 American Physical Society. The article can also be found online at this link.
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