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Low-energy excitations in the magnetized state of the bond-alternating quantum S=1 chain system NTENP
High intensity inelastic neutron scattering experiments on the S=1
quasi-one-dimensional bond-alternating antiferromagnet Ni(C9D24N4)(NO2)ClO4
(NTENP) are performed in magnetic fields of up to 14.8~T. Excitation in the
high field magnetized quantum spin solid (ordered) phase are investigated. In
addition to the previously observed coherent long-lived gap excitation [M.
Hagiwara et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 94, 177202 (2005)], a broad continuum is
detected at lower energies. This observation is consistent with recent
numerical studies, and helps explain the suppression of the lowest-energy gap
mode in the magnetized state of NTENP. Yet another new feature of the
excitation spectrum is found at slightly higher energies, and appears to be
some kind of multi-magnon state.Comment: 5 pages, 4 fugure
Lifetime of Gapped Excitations in a Collinear Quantum Antiferromagnet
We demonstrate that local modulations of magnetic couplings have a profound
effect on the temperature dependence of the relaxation rate of optical magnons
in a wide class of antiferromagnets in which gapped excitations coexist with
acoustic spin waves. In a two-dimensional collinear antiferromagnet with an
easy-plane anisotropy, the disorder-induced relaxation rate of the gapped mode,
Gamma_imp=Gamma_0+A(TlnT)^2, greatly exceeds the magnon-magnon damping,
Gamma_m-m=BT^5, negligible at low temperatures. We measure the lifetime of
gapped magnons in a prototype XY antiferromagnet BaNi2(PO4)2 using a
high-resolution neutron-resonance spin-echo technique and find experimental
data in close accord with the theoretical prediction. Similarly strong effects
of disorder in the three-dimensional case and in noncollinear antiferromagnets
are discussed.Comment: 4.5 pages + 2.5 pages supplementary material, published versio
Current noise through a Kondo quantum dot in a SU(N) Fermi liquid state
The current noise through a mesoscopic quantum dot is calculated and analyzed
in the Fermi liquid regime of the SU(N) Kondo model. Results connect the
Johnson-Nyquist noise to the shot noise for an arbitrary ratio of voltage and
temperature, and show that temperature corrections are sizeable in usual
experiments. For the experimentally relevant SU(4) case, quasiparticle
interactions are shown to increase the shot noise.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett. (revised
version
Magnetic Resonant excitations in High-{} superconductors
The observation of an unusual spin resonant excitation in the superconducting
state of various High-Tc ~copper oxides by inelastic neutron scattering
measurements is reviewed. This magnetic mode % (that does not exist in
conventional superconductors) is discussed in light of a few theoretical models
and likely corresponds to a spin-1 collective mode.Comment: 4 figures, Proceedings conference MSM'03 (september 2003) in Monastir
(Tunisia) to be published in Phys. Stat. Solid
Scaling of the magnetic response in doped antiferromagnets
A theory of the anomalous scaling of the dynamic magnetic response
in cuprates at low doping is presented. It is based on the memory function
representation of the dynamical spin suceptibility in a doped antiferromagnet
where the damping of the collective mode is constant and large, whereas the
equal-time spin correlations saturate at low . Exact diagonalization results
within the t-J model are shown to support assumptions. Consequences, both for
the scaling function and the normalization amplitude, are well in agreement
with neutron scattering results.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Elementary Excitations in Quantum Antiferromagnetic Chains: Dyons, Spinons and Breathers
Considering experimental results obtained on three prototype compounds, TMMC,
CsCoCl3 (or CsCoBr3) and Cu Benzoate, we discuss the importance of non-linear
excitations in the physics of quantum (and classical) antiferromagnetic spin
chains.Comment: Invited at the International Symposium on Cooperative Phenomena of
Assembled Metal Complexes, November 15-17, 2001, Osaka, Japa
Dynamics of composite Haldane spin chains in IPA-CuCl3
Magnetic excitations in the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet IPA-CuCl3
are studied by cold neutron inelastic scattering. Strongly dispersive gap
excitations are observed. Contrary to previously proposed models, the system is
best described as an asymmetric quantum spin ladder. The observed spectrum is
interpreted in terms of ``composite'' Haldane spin chains. The key difference
from actual S=1 chains is a sharp cutoff of the single-magnon spectrum at a
certain critical wave vector.Comment: 4 pages 4 figure
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