Non-linear spin wave theory results for the frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a body-centered cubic lattice

At zero temperature the sublattice magnetization of the quantum spin- 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a body-centered cubic lattice with competing first and second neighbor exchange (J₁ and J₂) is investigated using the non-linear spin wave theory. The zero temperature phases of the model consist of a two sublattice Néel phase for small J₂ (AF ₁) and a collinear phase at large J₂ (AF₂). We show that quartic corrections due to spin wave interactions enhance the sublattice magnetization in both the AF₁ and the AF₂ phase. The magnetization corrections are prominent near the classical transition point of the model and in the J₂>J₁ regime. The ground state energy with quartic interactions is also calculated. It is found that up to quartic corrections the first order phase transition (previously observed in this model) between the AF₁ and the AF₂ phase survives.