A low-energy effective model for the S=1/2 Kagome-triangular-strip Heisenberg model

Abstract

We study low-energy properties of the S=1/2 kagome-triangular-strip Heisenberg model. Using exact diagonalization, we calculate magnetization curves of the model in the ferromagnetic kagome coupling regime, where the singlet ground state and 1/3 plateau emerge. In order to analyze formation of the singlet ground state, we further derive a low-energy effective ladder model, focusing on the parity degrees of freedom for the two degenerating doublets of the unit triangle. We then discuss the entanglement between the spin and parity degrees of freedom.