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Title: Unusual magnetic excitations in the weakly ordered spin- 1 2 chain antiferromagnet Sr 2 CuO 3 : Possible evidence for Goldstone magnon coupled with the amplitude mode

Abstract

We report on an electron spin resonance (ESR) study of a nearly one-dimensional (1D) spin-1/2 chain antiferromagnet, Sr2CuO3, with extremely weak magnetic ordering. The ESR spectra at T > TN, in the disordered Luttinger-spin-liquid phase, reveal nearly ideal Heisenberg-chain behavior with only a very small, field-independent linewidth, ~1/T. In the ordered state, below TN, we identify field-dependent antiferromagnetic resonance modes, which are well described by pseudo-Goldstone magnons in the model of a collinear biaxial antiferromagnet. Additionally, we observe a major resonant mode with unusual and strongly anisotropic properties, which is not anticipated by the conventional theory of Goldstone spin waves. Lastly, we propose that this unexpected magnetic excitation can be attributed to a field-independent magnon mode renormalized due to its interaction with the high-energy amplitude (Higgs) mode in the regime of weak spontaneous symmetry breaking.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [3]
  1. P. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow (Russia)
  2. P. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow (Russia); High School of Economics, Moscow (Russia)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1345730
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1339768
Report Number(s):
BNL-113531-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; R&D Project: PO010; KC0201060; TRN: US1700963
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Sergeicheva, E. G., Sosin, S. S., Prozorova, L. A., Gu, G. D., and Zaliznyak, I. A. Unusual magnetic excitations in the weakly ordered spin- 12 chain antiferromagnet Sr2CuO3: Possible evidence for Goldstone magnon coupled with the amplitude mode. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.020411.
Sergeicheva, E. G., Sosin, S. S., Prozorova, L. A., Gu, G. D., & Zaliznyak, I. A. Unusual magnetic excitations in the weakly ordered spin- 12 chain antiferromagnet Sr2CuO3: Possible evidence for Goldstone magnon coupled with the amplitude mode. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.020411
Sergeicheva, E. G., Sosin, S. S., Prozorova, L. A., Gu, G. D., and Zaliznyak, I. A. Wed . "Unusual magnetic excitations in the weakly ordered spin- 12 chain antiferromagnet Sr2CuO3: Possible evidence for Goldstone magnon coupled with the amplitude mode". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.020411. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1345730.
@article{osti_1345730,
title = {Unusual magnetic excitations in the weakly ordered spin- 12 chain antiferromagnet Sr2CuO3: Possible evidence for Goldstone magnon coupled with the amplitude mode},
author = {Sergeicheva, E. G. and Sosin, S. S. and Prozorova, L. A. and Gu, G. D. and Zaliznyak, I. A.},
abstractNote = {We report on an electron spin resonance (ESR) study of a nearly one-dimensional (1D) spin-1/2 chain antiferromagnet, Sr2CuO3, with extremely weak magnetic ordering. The ESR spectra at T > TN, in the disordered Luttinger-spin-liquid phase, reveal nearly ideal Heisenberg-chain behavior with only a very small, field-independent linewidth, ~1/T. In the ordered state, below TN, we identify field-dependent antiferromagnetic resonance modes, which are well described by pseudo-Goldstone magnons in the model of a collinear biaxial antiferromagnet. Additionally, we observe a major resonant mode with unusual and strongly anisotropic properties, which is not anticipated by the conventional theory of Goldstone spin waves. Lastly, we propose that this unexpected magnetic excitation can be attributed to a field-independent magnon mode renormalized due to its interaction with the high-energy amplitude (Higgs) mode in the regime of weak spontaneous symmetry breaking.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.95.020411},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 2,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {1}
}

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