Field-induced Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid phase of a two-leg spin-1/2 ladder with strong leg interactions

Tao Hong, Y. H. Kim, C. Hotta, Y. Takano, G. Tremelling, M. M. Turnbull, C. P. Landee, H. J. Kang, N. B. Christensen, K. Lefmann, K. P. Schmidt, G. S. Uhrig, C. Broholm

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Abstract

We study the magnetic-field-induced quantum phase transition from a gapped quantum phase that has no magnetic long-range order into a gapless phase in the spin-1/2 ladder compound bis(2,3-dimethylpyridinium) tetrabromocuprate (DIMPY). At temperatures below about 1a K, the specific heat in the gapless phase attains an asymptotic linear temperature dependence, characteristic of a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid. Inelastic neutron scattering and the specific heat measurements in both phases are in good agreement with theoretical calculations, demonstrating that DIMPY is the first model material for an S=1/2 two-leg spin ladder in the strong-leg regime.

Original languageEnglish
Article number137207
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume105
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 23 2010

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Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences0454672, 0654118, 0306940

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