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Title: Magnon damping in the zigzag phase of the Kitaev-Heisenberg- Γ model on a honeycomb lattice

Journal Article · · Physical Review B

We calculate dispersions and damping of the magnetic excitations in the model that is relevant to a description of the magnetic properties of iridium oxides α-Li2IrO3 and Na2IrO3, and Ru-based materials such as α-RuCl3. Focusing on the parameter regime with the zigzag spin pattern in the ground state that is consistent with experiments, we are able to obtain explicit analytical expressions for magnon energies and eigenstates and go beyond the standard linear spin-wave theory approximation by calculating magnon damping and demonstrating its role in the dynamical structure factor. Here, we show that the magnon damping effects in both Born and self-consistent approximations are very significant, underscoring the importance of nonlinear magnon coupling in interpreting broad features in the neutron-scattering spectra.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-04ER46174; PHY-1607611; PHY-1748958
OSTI ID:
1635666
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1600064
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 101, Issue 5; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 14 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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