The spin-1/2 and spin-1 quantum J₁-J₁'-J₂ Heisenberg models on the square lattice

We study the J1-J1'-J2 quantum spin model on the two-dimensional square lattice using the coupled cluster method. We compare and contrast the influence of the interchain coupling J1' on the zero-temperature phase diagrams for the two spin values s = 1/2 and s = 1. Our most important result for the s = 1/2 case is the predicted existence of a quantum triple point (QTP) at (J1' ≈ 0.60 ± 0.03, J2 ≈ 0.33 ± 0.02) when J1 = 1. Below the QTP (J1'/J1 ≤ 0.60) we predict a second-order phase transition between the quasi-classical Neel and stripe-ordered phases, whereas the corresponding classical model, which contains only these two phases for all spin values s, yields a first-order
transition. Above the QTP (J1'/J1 ≥ 0.60) an intermediate disordered phase emerges, which has no classical counterpart. By contrast, the situation for s = 1 is qualitatively different. Instead of a QTP where three phases co-exist, we now predict a quantum tricritical point at (J1' ≈ 0.66 ± 0.03, J2 ≈ 0.35 ± 0.02) when J1 = 1, where a line of second-order phase transitions between the quasi classical Neel and stripe-ordered phases (for J1'/J1 ≤ 0.66) meets a line of first-order phase transitions between the same two states (for J1'/J1 ≥ 0.66). Surprisingly, we find no evidence at all for any intermediate disordered phase in the s = 1 case.