Quantum criticality and universal scaling of a quantum antiferromagnet

Details Quantum criticality and universal scaling of a quantum antiferromagnet Quantum criticality and universal scaling of a quantum antiferromagnet

2005-01-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501069v1

Nature Materials, Volume 4, pages 329-334, (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

12 pages, 4 figures. To be published in Nature Materials

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Quantum effects dominate the behaviour of many diverse materials. Of particular current interest are those systems in the vicinity of a quantum critical point (QCP). Their physical properties are predicted to reflect those of the nearby QCP with universal features independent of the microscopic details. The prototypical QCP is the Luttinger liquid (LL) which is of relevance to many quasi-one-dimensional materials. The magnetic material KCuF3 realizes an array of weakly-coupled spin chains (or LLs) and thus lies close to but not exactly at the Luttinger liquid quantum critical point. By using inelastic neutron scattering we have collected a complete data set of the magnetic correlations of KCuF3 as a function of momentum, energy, and temperature. The LL description is found to be valid over an extensive range of these parameters, and departures from this behaviour at high and low energies and temperatures have been identified and explained.

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