Instability of the long-range resonating-valence-bond state in the mean-field approach
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 39 (1) , 855-857
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.39.855
Abstract
We show the instability of the mixed flux phase by showing that a continuous path connects it to a lower-energy dimerized phase without crossing any energy barriers. We discuss the consequences of this result for possible expansions around mean-field theory.
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