Friday, January 18, 2013

1112.3158 (Ángel Rivas et al.)

Dynamics of Thermal Effects in the Spin-Wave Theory of Quantum
Antiferromagnets
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Ángel Rivas, Miguel A. Martin-Delgado
We derive a master equation that allows us to study non-equilibrium dynamics of a quantum antiferromagnet. By resorting to spin-wave theory, we obtain a closed analytic form for the magnon decay rates. These turn out to be closely related to form factors, which are experimentally accessible by means of neutron and Raman scattering. Furthermore, we compute the time evolution of the staggered magnetization showing that, for moderate temperatures, the magnetic order is not spoiled even if the coupling is fully isotropic.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3158

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