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机器中的幽灵:场致自旋自旋共振态中子非弹性散射理论

Ghost in the machine: Theory of inelastic neutron scattering in a field-induced spin-nematic state

Andrew Smerald, Hiroaki T. Ueda, Nic Shannon

摘要:

由于在实验中很难观察到序参量,自旋-自旋态被证明是难以捉摸的。在这篇文章中,我们发展了一个场诱导自旋-π态的自旋激发理论,并用它来说明如何利用非弹性中子散射来识别自旋-π序。我们专注于二维受抑铁磁体,其中一个两个子晶格,键心自旋自旋态被预测存在于一个很宽的参数范围内。首先,为了阐明自旋激发的性质,我们引入了一个可溶的自旋1模型,并利用它导出了一个适用于任何两个子晶格自旋激发态的连续场论。然后,我们参数化这个场论,使用图解计算一个现实的微观模型的自旋1/2挫折铁磁体,并显示它如何可以用来预测非弹性中子散射。作为一个例子,我们给出了中子从BaCdVO(PO_4)_2的非弹性散射的定量预测,BaCdVO(PO_4)_2是一个很有希望的候选者,以实现在一个可实现的h \sim 4 T的自旋双稳态。我们表明,在这种材料中,它是现实的,期望一个幽灵般的戈德斯通模式,信号自旋自旋有序,在实验中可见。

英文摘要:

The spin-nematic state has proved elusive, due to the difficulty of observing the order parameter in experiment. In this article we develop a theory of spin excitations in a field-induced spin-nematic state, and use it to show how a spin-nematic order can be indentified using inelastic neutron scattering. We concentrate on 2-dimensional frustrated ferromagnets, for which a two-sublattice, bond-centered spin-nematic state is predicted to exist over a wide range of parameters. First, to clarify the nature of spin-excitations, we introduce a soluble spin-1 model, and use this to derive a continuum field theory, applicable to any two-sublattice spin-nematic state. We then parameterise this field theory, using diagrammatic calculations for a realistic microscopic model of a spin-1/2 frustrated ferromagnet, and show how it can be used to make predictions for inelastic neutron scattering. As an example, we show quantitative predictions for inelastic scattering of neutrons from BaCdVO(PO_4)_2, a promising candidate to realise a spin-nematic state at an achievable h\sim 4T. We show that in this material it is realistic to expect a ghostly Goldstone mode, signalling spin-nematic order, to be visible in experiment.

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