%A Ai-Yuan Hu, Huai-Yu Wang %T Phase transition of the frustrated antiferromagntic J1-J2-J3 spin-1/2 Heisenberg model on a simple cubic lattice %0 Journal Article %D 2019 %J Front. Phys. %J Frontiers of Physics %@ 2095-0462 %R 10.1007/s11467-018-0831-x %P 13605- %V 14 %N 1 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/fop/EN/10.1007/s11467-018-0831-x %8 2019-02-15 %X

We have comprehensively investigated the frustrated J1-J2-J3 Heisenberg model on a simple cubic lattice. This model allows three regimes of magnetic order, viz., (π; π; π), (0; π; π) and (0; 0; π), denoted as AF1, AF2, and AF3, respectively. The effects of the interplay of neighboring couplings on the model are studied in the entire temperature range. The zero temperature magnetic properties of this model are discussed utilizing the linear spin wave (LSW) theory, nonlinear spin wave (NLSW) theory, and Green’s function (GF) method. The zero temperature phase diagrams evaluated by the LSW and NLSW methods are illustrated, and are observed to exhibit different parameter boundaries. In certain regions and along the parameter boundaries, the possible phase transformations driven by the parameters are discussed. The results obtained using the LSW, NLSW, and GF methods are compared with those obtained using the series expansion (SE) method, and are observed to be in good agreement when the value of J2 is not close to the parameter boundaries. The ground state energies obtained using the LSW and NLSW methods are close to that obtained using the SE method. At finite temperatures, only the GF method is employed to evaluate the magnetic properties, and the calculated phase diagram is observed to be identical to the classical phase diagram. The results indicate that at the parameter boundaries, a temperature-driven first-order phase transition between AF1 and AF2 may occur along the boundary line. Along the AF1-AF3 and AF2-AF3 boundary lines, AF3 is less stable than AF1 and AF2. Our calculated critical temperature agrees with that obtained using Monte Carlo simulations and pseudofermion functional renormalization group scheme.