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arxiv: 1203.2235 · v1 · pith:55KYSCVVnew · submitted 2012-03-10 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el · cond-mat.other

Chiral Spin Liquid in two-dimensional XY Helimagnets

classification ❄️ cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.other
keywords chiralliquidphasespinsymmetrytransitionstwo-dimensionalassociated
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We carry out Monte-Carlo simulations to discuss critical properties of a classical two-dimensional XY frustrated helimagnet on a square lattice. We find two successive phase transitions upon the temperature decreasing: the first one is associated with breaking of a discrete Z_2 symmetry and the second one is of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) type at which the SO(2) symmetry breaks. Thus, a narrow region exists on the phase diagram between lines of the Ising and the BKT transitions that corresponds to a chiral spin liquid.

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