One-dimensional physics of the frustrated quantum magnet PHCC.

We report a comprehensive microscopic study of the frustrated quantum magnet PHCC, (CHN)CuCl, using density-functional band-structure calculations combined with numerical quantum many-body simulations of the underlying spin Hamiltonian. We show that the magnetism of PHCC is captured by a one-dimensi...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Naturforschung Section A: A Journal of Physical Sciences Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 335 - 348
Main Authors: Tsirlin, Alexander A., Janson, Oleg, Rousochatzakis, Ioannis
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Published: De Gruyter May2026
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          Tsirlin, Alexander A.
          Janson, Oleg
          Rousochatzakis, Ioannis
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          Felix Bloch Institute for Solid-State Physics, 9180 University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
          Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, Leibniz IFW Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
          Department of Physics, Loughborough University, Loughborough,, LE11 3TU, UK
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        Magnetic susceptibility
        Heisenberg model
        Quasiparticles
        Antiferromagnetic materials
        Computational physics
        Density functionals
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          Heisenberg model
          Quasiparticles
          Antiferromagnetic materials
          Computational physics
          Density functionals
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        excitation continuum
        frustrated magnetism
        microscopic magnetic model
        spin chain
      ab: We report a comprehensive microscopic study of the frustrated quantum magnet PHCC, (CHN)CuCl, using density-functional band-structure calculations combined with numerical quantum many-body simulations of the underlying spin Hamiltonian. We show that the magnetism of PHCC is captured by a one-dimensional model of the frustrated spin chain with alternating nearest-neighbor couplings (J = 23.1 K, J 1 ′ = 7.0 K) and uniform next-nearest-neighbor couplings (J = 13.9 K). This model, which can also be thought of as a zigzag ladder, provides a quantitative description of the magnetic susceptibility and the magnetization process and accounts for the observed dispersion of the single-triplet band and its merging into a continuum near the Brillouin zone center. We also make predictions for the existence of sharp bound (antibound) states of two triplets, below (above) the bottom (upper) edge of the two-particle scattering continuum.
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