Dimerized ground state and magnetic excitations in CaCuGe2O6

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作者
Zheludev, A [1 ]
Shirane, G [1 ]
Sasago, Y [1 ]
Hase, M [1 ]
Uchinokura, K [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TOKYO,DEPT APPL PHYS,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 53卷 / 17期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.53.11642
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
The S = 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet CaCuGe2O6 was studied by inelastic neutron scattering on a powder sample in the temperature range 5-300 K. A sharp symmetric magnetic inelastic peak was observed around h omega=6 meV, and its q and temperature dependences were investigated. The absolute values of the energy-integrated magnetic intensity were determined. Despite the fact that from the structural point of view the material has a distinct one-dimensional arrangement of magnetic sites, the experimental results are surprisingly well described by an ensemble of weakly interacting antiferromagnetic dimers, which are composed of pairs of Cu2+ ions.
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页码:11642 / 11646
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