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JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2008/02/P02009
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quantum Monte Carlo simulations; quantum phase transitions (theory)
Using a loop-cluster algorithm we investigate the spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a square lattice with exchange coupling J and an additional four-spin interaction of strength Q. We confirm the existence of a phase transition separating antiferromagnetism at J/Q > J(c)/Q from a valence bond solid (VBS) state at J/Q < J(c)/Q. Although our Monte Carlo data are consistent with those of previous studies, we do not confirm the existence of a deconfined quantum critical point. Instead, using a flowgram method on lattices as large as 802, we find evidence for a weak first-order phase transition. We also present a detailed study of the antiferromagnetic phase. For J/Q > J(c)/Q the staggered magnetization, the spin stiffness and the spinwave velocity of the antiferromagnet are determined by fitting Monte Carlo data to analytic results from the systematic low-energy effective field theory for magnons. Finally, we also investigate the physics of the VBS state at J/Q < J(c)/Q and we show that long but finite antiferromagnetic correlations are still present.
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