ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEISENBERG-ANTIFERROMAGNET WITH SPIN S = 3/2 - EXPERIMENTS ON AGCRP2S6

被引:21
作者
MUTKA, H [1 ]
PAYEN, C [1 ]
MOLINIE, P [1 ]
机构
[1] INST MAT,F-44072 NANTES 03,FRANCE
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1993年 / 21卷 / 05期
关键词
HEISENBERG AND OTHER QUANTIZED LOCALIZED SPIN MODELS; STATIC PROPERTIES (INC ORDER PARAMETER; STATIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAT CAPACITIES; CRITICAL EXPONENTS); DYNAMIC PROPERTIES;
D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/21/5/020
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The magnetic susceptibility of the spin-(S = 3/2) Heisenberg chain AgCrP2S6 follows in a wide temperature range the recent quantum Monte Carlo result (Sandvik and Kurkijarvi, 1991) with a nearest-neighbour exchange (JS(i)S(i+1)) J/k(B) = 100 K. Inelastic neutron scattering in the quasi-one-dimensional phase indicates a spin-wave velocity C = 4.6J, well in excess of the classical value 3J. The results emphasize the strong quantum character of the S = 3/2 Heisenberg chain. The extrapolated zero-temperature susceptibility and the observed spin-wave velocity are compared with the theoretical predictions for half-integer spins and are compatible with universal critical properties for S = 1/2 and S = 3/2.
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页码:623 / 628
页数:6
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