Spin Liquid in the Multiple-Spin Exchange Model on the Triangular Lattice: 3He on Graphite

Using exact diagonalizations, we investigate the T0ex0ex=0ex0ex0 phase diagram of the multiple-spin exchange (MSE) model on the triangular lattice, we find a transition separating a ferromagnetic phase from a nonmagnetic gapped spin liquid phase. Systems far enough from the ferromagnetic transition have a metamagnetic behavior with magnetization plateaus at m/mₛₐₜ0ex0ex=0ex0ex0 and $1/2$. The MSE has been proposed to describe solid ³He films adsorbed onto graphite, thus we compute the MSE heat capacity for parameters in the low density range of the 2nd layer and find a double-peak structure.