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Title: Pulsed spallation neutron spectroscopy of low dimensional magnets: past, present, and future

Abstract

The early 1990s saw the first useful application of pulsed neutron spectroscopy to the study of excitations in low dimensional magnetic systems, with Roger Cowley as a key participant in important early experiments. Since that time the technique has blossomed as a powerful tool utilizing vastly improved neutron instrumentation coupled with more powerful pulsed sources. In this work, we review representative experiments illustrating some of the fascinating physics that has been revealed in quasi-one and two dimensional systems.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Shull-Wollan Center
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1649459
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 37; Journal ID: ISSN 0953-8984
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Low dimensional magnetism; neutron scattering; fractional excitations

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Nagler, Stephen, and Tennant, Alan. Pulsed spallation neutron spectroscopy of low dimensional magnets: past, present, and future. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1088/1361-648x/ab60e5.
Nagler, Stephen, & Tennant, Alan. Pulsed spallation neutron spectroscopy of low dimensional magnets: past, present, and future. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648x/ab60e5
Nagler, Stephen, and Tennant, Alan. Thu . "Pulsed spallation neutron spectroscopy of low dimensional magnets: past, present, and future". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648x/ab60e5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1649459.
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