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Spin-Peierls states of quantum antiferromagnets on the Ca V4 O9 lattice

Subir Sachdev, N. Read

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9604134

Abstract

We discuss the quantum paramagnetic phases of Heisenberg antiferromagnets on the 1/5-depleted square lattice found in Ca V4 O9. The possible phases of the quantum dimer model on this lattice are obtained by a mapping to a quantum-mechanical height model. In addition to the ``decoupled'' phases found earlier, we find a possible intermediate spin-Peierls phase with spontaneously-broken lattice symmetry. Experimental signatures of the different quantum paramagnetic phases are discussed.

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