On thermal fluctuations in quantum magnets

Details On thermal fluctuations in quantum magnets On thermal fluctuations in quantum magnets

2009-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/0907.2067v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

5 pages 4 figures

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The effect of thermal fluctuations on the dynamics of a gapped quantum magnet is studied using inelastic neutron scattering on copper nitrate, a model material for the one-dimensional (1D) bond alternating Heisenberg chain, combined with theoretical and numerical analysis. We observe and interpret the thermally induced central peak due to intraband scattering as well as the thermal development of an asymmetric continuum of scattering. We relate this asymmetric line broadening to hard core constraints and quasi-particle interactions. Our findings are a counter example to recent assertions of universality of line broadening in 1D systems and are to be considered as a new paradigm of behaviour, applicable to a broad range of quantum systems.

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