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Spin dynamics of SrCu{sub 2}O{sub 3} and the Heisenberg ladder

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
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  1. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Physics Department, Florida State University, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)
The {ital S}=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet in the ladder geometry is studied as a model for the spin degrees of freedom of SrCu{sub 2}O{sub 3}. The susceptibility and the spin-echo decay rate are calculated using a quantum Monte Carlo technique, and the spin-lattice relaxation rate is obtained by maximum-entropy analytic continuation of imaginary-time correlation functions. All calculated quantities are in reasonable agreement with experimental results for SrCu{sub 2}O{sub 3} if the exchange coupling {ital J}{approx_equal}850 K. However, for the susceptibility fit an anomalously low factor is required. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-85ER45197
OSTI ID:
278753
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 53; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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