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Title: Dynamics of the two-dimensional S=1/2 dimer system (C5H6N2F)2CuCl4

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. ORNL
  2. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
  3. Clark University
  4. CEA, Grenoble, France
  5. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)
  6. ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Inelastic neutron scattering was used to study a quantum S=1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg system Bis(2-amino-5-fluoropyridinium) Tetrachlorocuprate(II). The magnetic excitation spectrum was shown to be dominated by long-lived excitations with an energy gap 1.07(3) meV. The measured dispersion relation is consistent with a simple two-dimensional square lattice of weakly-coupled spin dimers. Comparing the data to a random phase approximation treatment of this model gives the intra-dimer and inter-dimer exchange constants J=1.45(2) meV and J =0.31(3) meV, respectively.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1009482
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 83, Issue 5; ISSN 1098--0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English