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arxiv: 1805.05607 · v2 · pith:JTKI2WSAnew · submitted 2018-05-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech

Magnetocaloric effect in the distorted Ising-Heisenberg double sawtooth spin ladders

classification ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech
keywords doublesawtoothquantumeffectising-heisenbergladdersmagnetocaloricmodels
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The entropy and cooling rate of the both antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 double sawtooth IsingHeisenberg model and mixed-spin (1,1/2) double sawtooth Ising-Heisenberg model on the distorted ladders are rigorously investigated under an adiabatic demagnetization process using the quantum transfer-matrix technique. The models include the XXZ interaction between the interstitial Heisenberg dimers, the Ising coupling between nearest-neighbor spins of the legs and rungs, and additional cyclic four-spin exchange (ring exchange) in the square plaquette of each block. Close to field-induced quantum phase transitions, we compare both models together in the ability of cooling/heating near the quantum critical points. However, we observe a large magnetocaloric effect for both models, the mixed-spin double sawtooth ladder shows much more magneticaloric efficiency than the spin-1/2 double sawtooth ladder. During an adiabatic demagnetization process it can be seen a temperature dropping in the vicinity of the zero-temperature quantum phase transitions. Various fixed values of the Isotropic and anisotropic parameters explicitly alter the quality of the magnetocaloric effect. This properties suggest double sawtooth Ising-Heisenberg ladders as promising alternative refrigerant materials for low-temperature magnetic refrigeration.

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