Magnetic Field Effects in Low-Dimensional Quantum Magnets

• Main Author: Iaizzi, Adam (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Physics.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Numerical analysis.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.; Numerical Analysis.

This thesis is a tour-de-force combination of analytic and computational results clarifying and resolving important questions about the nature of quantum phase transitions in one- and two-dimensional magnetic systems. The author presents a comprehensive study of a low-dimensional spin-half quantum a...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1. Introduction
• Chapter2. Saturation Transition in the 1D J-Q Model
• Chapter3. Saturation Transition in the 2D J-Q Model
• Chapter4. Signatures of Deconned Quantum Criticality in the 2D J-Q-h Model
• Chapter5. Methods
• Chapter6. Conclusions.