Tuesday, July 31, 2012

1207.6688 (N. Voropajeva et al.)

Excitations and spin correlations near the interface of two
three-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnets
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N. Voropajeva, A. Sherman
Magnetic excitations and spin correlations near the interface of two spin-$\frac12$ Heisenberg antiferromagnets are considered using the spin-wave approximation. When the interaction between boundary spins differs essentially from exchange constants inside the antiferromagnets, quasi-two-dimensional spin waves appear in the near-boundary region. They eject bulk magnons from this region, thereby dividing the antiferromagnets into areas with different magnetic excitations. The decreased dimensionality of the near-boundary modes leads to amplified nearest-neighbor spin correlations in the interface area.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.6688

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