Propagation and ghosts in the classical kagome antiferromagnet

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Robert, J. [1 ]
Canals, B. [2 ,3 ]
Simonet, V. [2 ,3 ]
Ballou, R. [2 ,3 ]
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[1] CEA Saclay, CEA CNRS, Lab Leon Brillouin, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[2] CNRS, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble 9, France
[3] Univ Grenoble 1, F-38042 Grenoble 9, France
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.117207
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O4 [物理学];
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We investigate the classical spin dynamics of the kagome antiferromagnet by combining Monte Carlo and spin dynamics simulations. We show that this model has two distinct low temperature dynamical regimes, both sustaining propagative modes. The expected gauge invariance type of the low energy, low temperature, out-of-plane excitations is also evidenced in the nonlinear regime. A detailed analysis of the excitations allows us to identify ghosts in the dynamical structure factor, i.e., propagating excitations with a strongly reduced spectral weight. We argue that these dynamical extinction rules are of geometrical origin.
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