Ground-state long-range order in quasi-one-dimensional Heisenberg quantum antiferromagnets: high-order coupled-cluster calculations

We investigate the ground-state magnetic long-range order of quasi-one-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnets for spin quantum numbers s=1/2 and s=1. We use the coupled cluster method to calculate the sublattice magnetization and its dependence on the inter-chain coupling J<Subscript>⊥</Subscript>. We find that for the unfrustrated spin-1/2 system, an infinitesimal inter-chain coupling is sufficient to stabilize magnetic long-range order, in agreement with results obtained by other methods. For s=1, we find that a finite inter-chain coupling is necessary to stabilize magnetic long-range order. Furthermore, we consider a quasi one-dimensional spin-1/2 system, where a frustrating next-nearest neighbor in-chain coupling is included. We find that for stronger frustration as well, a finite inter-chain coupling is necessary to have magnetic long-range order in the ground state, and that the strength of the inter-chain coupling necessary to establish magnetic long-range order is related to the size of the spin gap of the isolated chain. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2008