Zero-temperature properties of quantum spin models on the triangular lattice III: the Heisenberg antiferromagnet

Abstract

The calculation of two- and four-spin correlations of the [Formula: see text] Heisenberg antiferromagnet has been extended to an N = 21 site triangular lattice. The infinite-lattice ground state energy per bond is estimated to be E0/3NJ = −0.3678 ± 0.005 by fitting a quadratic in 1/N to the finite N data. The plaquette chirality order is slightly greater than in the XY antiferromagnet. The two-spin correlation is conjectured to decay as [Formula: see text].