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Universality class of S=1/2 quantum spin ladder system with the four spin exchange

Keigo Hijii, Kiyohide Nomura

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0111399

Abstract

We study s=1/2 Heisenberg spin ladder with the four spin exchange. Combining numerical results with the conformal field theory(CFT), we find a phase transition with central charge c=3/2. Since this system has an SU(2) symmetry, we can conclude that this critical theory is described by k=2 SU(2) Wess-Zumino-Witten model with Z2 symmetry breaking.

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