We discuss theoretically a frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnet in magnetic field close to the saturation one. It is demonstrated that a small biaxial anisotropy and/or the magnetic dipolar interaction produce a delicate balance between phases with a commensurate canted, incommensurate helical (conical), and fan spin orderings. As a result, different sequences of phase transitions are realized depending on values of these small anisotropic interactions. We derive analytical expressions for critical fields and ground-state energies of the phases which are in a quantitative agreement with our and previous Monte-Carlo simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number167732
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume527
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2021

    Research areas

  • Classical Monte-Carlo modelling, Conical phase, Fan phase, Frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnets, Frustrated helimagnets, Magnetic field-induced phase transitions

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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