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Zero-temperature Monte Carlo study of the noncoplanar phase of the classical bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice

Frédéric Mila, Karlo Penc, Sandro Wenzel

We investigate the ground-state properties of the highly degenerate noncoplanar phase of the classical bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice with Monte Carlo simulations. For that purpose, we introduce an Ising pseudospin represen ...

2013

Evidence for Columnar Order in the Fully Frustrated Transverse Field Ising Model on the Square Lattice

Frédéric Mila, Tommaso Coletta, Sandro Wenzel

Using extensive classical and quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we investigate the ground-state phase diagram of the fully frustrated transverse field Ising model on the square lattice. We show that pure columnar order develops in the low-field phase above ...

2012

Cubic interactions and quantum criticality in dimerized antiferromagnets

Sandro Wenzel

In certain Mott-insulating dimerized antiferromagnets, triplet excitations of the paramagnetic phase display both three-particle and four-particle interactions. When such a magnet undergoes a quantum phase transition into a magnetically ordered state, the ...

2011

Unveiling the Nature of Three-Dimensional Orbital Ordering Transitions: The Case of e(g) and t(2g) Models on the Cubic Lattice

Sandro Wenzel

We perform large scale finite-temperature Monte Carlo simulations of the classical e(g) and t(2g) orbital models on the simple cubic lattice in three dimensions. The e(g) model displays a continuous phase transition to an orbitally ordered phase. While the ...

2011

Monte Carlo study of the critical properties of the three-dimensional 120 degrees model

Sandro Wenzel

We report on large scale finite-temperature Monte Carlo simulations of the classical 120 degrees or e(g) orbital-only model on the simple cubic lattice in three dimensions with a focus towards its critical properties. This model displays a continuous phase ...

2011

Re-examining the directional-ordering transition in the compass model with screw-periodic boundary conditions

Sandro Wenzel

We study the directional-ordering transition in the two-dimensional classical and quantum compass models on the square lattice by means of Monte Carlo simulations. An improved algorithm is presented which builds on the Wolff cluster algorithm in one-dimens ...

2010