Gap of the Linear Spin-1 Heisenberg Antiferromagnet: A Monte Carlo Calculation

Authors

M. P. Nightingale, University of Rhode IslandFollow
H. W.J. Blöte

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1986

Abstract

We have performed Monte Carlo calculations of the energies of several low-lying energy states of one-dimensional, spin-1 Heisenberg antiferromagnets with linear sizes up to n=32. Our results support Haldane’s prediction that a gap exists in the excitation spectrum for n→∞. .AE

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Nightingale, M. P., & Blöte, H. W. J. (1986). Gap of the linear spin-1 Heisenberg antiferromagnet: A Monte Carlo calculation. Physical Review B, 33(1), 659-661. doi:

Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.33.659

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©1986 The American Physical Society