Critical properties of S= 1/2 antiferromagnetic XXZ chain with next-nearest-neighbour interactions

We investigate numerically the critical lines and the critical properties of the fluid-dimer and the Neel-dimer transitions of the S= 1/2 antiferromagnetic XXZ chain with next-nearest interactions, and we confirm that the universality class of this model belongs to the quantum sine-Gordon model, as is expected from the bosonization. The method which we use in this paper to calculate the critical lines is free from the logarithmic corrections on the Kosterlitz-Thouless (K-T)-type transition line, which have made the K-T critical point difficult to obtain. By the use of this method, it is possible to determine the K-T critical line with high precision from small size data, and to identify the universality class.