Effective model for rare-earth Kitaev materials and its classical Monte Carlo simulation

• 作 者: Mengjie Sun Huihang Lin Zheng Zhang Yanzhen Cai Wei Ren Jing Kang Jianting Ji Feng Jin Xiaoqun Wang Rong Y-u Qingming Zhang Zhengxin Liu
• 机 构: Department of Physics,Renmin University of China,Beijing 100872,China;Beijing National Laboratory fo
• 出 处: 中国物理B（英文版）
• 发表日期: 2021年8期
• 关键词: Monte Carlo methods Kitaev materials quantum spin liquids rare-earth ions DM int

Recently,the family of rare-earth chalcohalides were proposed as candidate compounds to realize the Kitaev spin liquid (KSL)[Chin.Phys.Lett.38047502 (2021)].In the present work,we firstly propose an effective spin Hamiltonian consistent with the symmetry group of the crystal structure.Then we apply classical Monte Carlo simulations to prelim-inarily study the model and establish a phase diagram.When approaching to the low temperature limit,several magnetic long range orders are observed,including the stripe,the zigzag,the antiferromagnetic (AFM),the ferromagnetic (FM),the incommensurate spiral (IS),the multi-Q,and the 120° ones.We further calculate the thermodynamic properties of the system,such as the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility and the heat capacity.The ordering transition temperatures reflected in the two quantifies agree with each other.For most interaction regions,the system is magneti-cally more susceptible in the ab-plane than in the c-direction.The stripe phase is special,where the susceptibility is fairly isotropic in the whole temperature region.These features provide useful information to understand the magnetic properties of related materials.