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Thermodynamic properties of an alternating-spin (1/2,1) two-leg ladder

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  • X. Chen
  • Q. Jiang
  • W. Shen

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With the aid of the Schwinger-boson mean-field method, we study the low-lying excitations and thermodynamic properties of a ferrimagnetic Heisenberg two-leg ladder (i.e., a ferrimagnetic double-chain with an antiferromagnetic interaction). The interaction between the two chains plays an important role in producing a low-lying excitation energy gap, affecting the low-lying excited spectrum, and increasing the disorder of the ferrimagnetic double-chain. The excitation spectrum, energy gap, and spin reduction in the ground state are calculated. Thermodynamic quantities such as the short-range spin correlation and short-range order are also obtained at low temperatures. In this gapful system, we observed the exponential behaviors in both the specific heat (C V ) and the product of magnetic susceptibility and temperature (χT) at low temperatures. The exponential behavior of the χT versus temperature agrees qualitatively with the experimental results in NiCu(pba)(D 2 O) 3 · D 2 O at low temperatures. Copyright EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2004

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  • X. Chen & Q. Jiang & W. Shen, 2004. "Thermodynamic properties of an alternating-spin (1/2,1) two-leg ladder," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 37(2), pages 169-175, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:37:y:2004:i:2:p:169-175:10.1140/epjb/e2004-00043-y
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2004-00043-y
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