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Magnetization plateaus of SrCu2(BO3)2 from a Chern-Simons theory

G. Misguich, Th. Jolicoeur, S. M. Girvin

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0102377

Abstract

The antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on the frustrated Shastry-Sutherland lattice is studied by a mapping onto spinless fermions carrying one quantum of statistical flux. Using a mean-field approximation these fermions populate the bands of a generalized Hofstadter problem. Their filling leads to the magnetization curve. For SrCu2(BO3)2 we reproduce plateaus at 1/3 and 1/4 of the saturation moment and predict a new one at 1/2. Gaussian fluctuations are shown to be massive at these plateau values.

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