Quantum Impurity in a Nearly Critical Two Dimensional Antiferromagnet

Details Quantum Impurity in a Nearly Critical Two Dimensional Antiferromagnet Quantum Impurity in a Nearly Critical Two Dimensional Antiferromagnet

2000-04-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0004156v1

Science, 286, 2479 (1999)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

12 pages, 3 figures; Additional details and results are in cond-mat/9912020

Scientific paper

We describe the spin dynamics of an arbitrary localized impurity in an insulating two dimensional antiferromagnet, across the host transition from a paramagnet with a spin gap to a Neel state. The impurity spin susceptibility has a Curie-like divergence at the quantum-critical coupling, but with a universal, effective spin which is neither an integer nor a half-odd-integer. In the Neel state, the transverse impurity susceptibility is a universal number divided by the host spin stiffness (which determines the energy cost to slow twists in the orientation of the Neel order). These, and numerous other results for the thermodynamics, Knight shift, and magnon damping have significant applications to experiments on layered transition metal oxides.

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