Phase transitions in the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a layered triangular lattice with the next-nearest neighbor interactions

Abstract

Phase transitions in the three-dimensional antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a layered triangular lattice with the next-nearest neighbor interactions have been studied by the histogram Monte Carlo method. Phase transitions in this model have been studied in the range of the next-nearest neighbor interactions from 0.0 to 1.0. The first-order phase transition has been revealed in the considered interval in the studied model.