Classical dimers and dimerized superstructure in an orbitally degenerate honeycomb antiferromagnet.
Phys Rev Lett
; 100(14): 147203, 2008 Apr 11.
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ABSTRACT
We discuss the ground state of the spin-orbital model for spin-one ions with partially filled t_{2g} levels on a honeycomb lattice. We find that the orbital degrees of freedom induce a spontaneous dimerization of spins and drive them into nonmagnetic manifold spanned by hard-core dimer (spin-singlet) coverings of the lattice. The cooperative "dimer Jahn-Teller" effect is introduced through a magnetoelastic coupling and is shown to lift the orientational degeneracy of dimers leading to a peculiar valence bond crystal pattern. The present theory provides a theoretical explanation of nonmagnetic dimerized superstructure experimentally seen in Li2RuO3 compound at low temperatures.
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Phys Rev Lett
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2008
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