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Formation of energy gap in higher dimensional spin-orbital liquids

Shun-Qing Shen, Guang-Ming Zhang

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0109234

Abstract

A Schwinger boson mean field theory is developed for spin liquids in a symmetric spin-orbital model in higher dimensions. Spin, orbital and coupled spin-orbital operators are treated equally. We evaluate the dynamic correlation functions and collective excitations spectra. As the collective excitations have a finite energy gap, we conclude that the ground state is a spin-orbital liquid with a two-fold degeneracy, which breaks the discrete spin-orbital symmetry. Possible relevence of this spin liquid state to several realistic systems, such as CaV4V9 and Na2Sb2Ti2O, are discussed.

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