Analytical and Numerical Studies of 2D XY Models with Ring Exchange

In this thesis we take several different analytic and numerical approaches to studying the classical J-K model. This model describes an interacting many-body system of spins with continuous symmetry which interact via 2-site nearest-neighbour exchange terms and 4-site ring-exchange terms. We begin b...

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Main Author: Iaconis, Jason
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6966