American Physical Society, Physical review B, 21(69), 2004
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.69.212402
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We investigate theoretically the ordering effect of quantum spin fluctuations in a Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a two-dimensional network of corner sharing tetrahedra. This network is obtained as a {111} slice of the highly frustrated pyrochlore lattice, from which it inherits the equivalence of all three pairs of opposite bonds of each tetrahedron. The lowest-order (in 1/S) quantum corrections partially lift the huge degeneracy of the classical ground state and select an ensemble of states with long-range valence-bond order. ; Comment: 4 pages, 2 EPS figures. Minor revision: clarifications in response to referee comments, additional references