title: Non-linear spin wave theory results for the frustrated [Formula: see text] Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a body-centered cubic lattice.
abstract: At zero temperature the sublattice magnetization of the quantum spin- 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a body-centered cubic lattice with competing first and second neighbor exchange (J(1) and J(2)) is investigated using the non-linear spin wave theory. The zero temperature phases of the model consist of a two sublattice Néel phase for small J(2) (AF(1)) and a collinear phase at large J(2) (AF(2)). We show that quartic corrections due to spin wave interactions enhance the sublattice magnetization in both the AF(1) and the AF(2) phase. The magnetization corrections are prominent near the classical transition point of the model and in the J(2)>J(1) regime. The ground state energy with quartic interactions is also calculated. It is found that up to quartic corrections the first order phase transition (previously observed in this model) between the AF(1) and the AF(2) phase survives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA.
authors.forename: Kingshuk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Majumdar
authors.forename: Trinanjan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Datta