Staggered spin susceptibility at a two-dimensional antiferromagnetic quantum critical point

Abstract

We report on the finite temperature staggered spin susceptibility $χ(Q)$ as a function of the mode-mode coupling constant $y_1$ in the self-consistent renormalization theory of two-dimensional antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations with zero-point quantum fluctuations just at the quantum critical point ($y_0$ = 0). We find that the value $y_1$ = 0.1 is a criterion to classify the effect of the zero-point spin fluctuations on the temperature dependence of $χ(Q)$ into a Curie law for weak $y_1 < $ 0.1 and a Curie-Weiss type or a power law type for strong $y_1 > $ 0.1.