Spin-one bilinear-biquadratic model on a star lattice

TL;DR

This paper investigates the ground-state phase diagram of the spin-1 bilinear-biquadratic model on a star lattice using advanced tensor network algorithms, revealing five distinct phases including a novel gapped spin-liquid phase.

Contribution

It is the first to identify and characterize a quantum disordered spin-liquid phase in a two-dimensional BLBQ model on a star lattice.

Findings

Identified five phases: ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, ferroquadrupolar, spin-liquid.

The spin-liquid phase is gapped and lacks conventional long-range order.

The spin-liquid exhibits fixed-parity virtual bonds similar to the Haldane phase.

Abstract

We study the ground-state phase diagram of the $S=1$ bilinear-biquadratic model\,(BLBQ) on the star lattice with the state-of-art tensor network algorithms. The system has five phases: the ferromagnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, ferroquadrupolar, and spin-liquid phases. The phases and their phase boundaries are determined by examining various local observables, correlation functions and transfer matrices exhaustively. The spin liquid phase, which is the first quantum disordered phase found in two-dimensional BLBQ model, is gapped and devoid of any conventional long-range order. It is also characterized by fixed-parity virtual bonds in the tensor network formalism, analogous to the Haldane phase, while the parity varies depending on the location of the bond.