FRUSTRATION ON THE TRIANGULAR LATTICE AND INCOMMENSURABILITY

Authors
PIMENTA MA LICINIO P
Citation
Ma. Pimenta et P. Licinio, FRUSTRATION ON THE TRIANGULAR LATTICE AND INCOMMENSURABILITY, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 50(2), 1994, pp. 722-726
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
722 - 726
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1994)50:2<722:FOTTLA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The study of a system of continuous spins on a frustrated triangular l attice evolving as a cellular automaton is presented. Initially disord ered lattices are seen to organize into modulated patterns. It is show n that frustration on the triangular lattice is not a sufficient condi tion for the appearance of an incommensurate modulation; anisotropy, w hich breaks the hexagonal symmetry, must also be introduced. There is a critical value beta(c) for the anisotropy above which the incommensu rability is found.