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Geometrically frustrated magnets - Department of Theoretical Physics

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Transition<br />

|Φ| 2<br />

1.2<br />

1<br />

0.8<br />

0.6<br />

0.4<br />

0.2<br />

L=24<br />

L=30<br />

L=36<br />

a) b)<br />

P( |Φ| 2 )<br />

0.16<br />

0.12<br />

0.08<br />

0.04<br />

L=30, 2βJ 2 (S)=1.1<br />

0<br />

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5<br />

2βJ 2 (S)<br />

0<br />

0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2<br />

|Φ| 2<br />

Below a critical temperature T c ≈ 1.67J 2 , the system<br />

orders in an orientationally ordered state.<br />

The transition has a first order nature.<br />

Arnab Sen, TIFR<br />

<strong>Geometrically</strong> <strong>frustrated</strong> <strong>magnets</strong>

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