Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 123, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.107202
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- NSF [TG-DMR140061, DMR-1611161]
- Keith B. MacAdam Graduate Excellence Fellowship
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We introduce a strategy to write down lattice models of spin rotational symmetric Hamiltonians with arbitrary spin S that are Marshall positive and can be simulated efficiently using world-line Monte Carlo methods. As an application of our approach we consider a square lattice S = 1 model for which we design a (3 x 3)-spin plaquette interaction. By numerical simulations we establish that our model realizes a novel Haldane nematic phase that breaks lattice rotational symmetry by the spontaneous formation of Haldane chains, while preserving spin rotations, time reversal, and lattice translations. By supplementing our model with a two-spin Heisenberg interaction, we present a study of the transition between Neel and Haldane nematic phase, which we find to be of first order.
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