INELASTIC NEUTRON-SCATTERING FROM THE SPIN LADDER COMPOUND (VO)(2)P2O7

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ECCLESTON, RS
BARNES, T
BRODY, J
JOHNSON, JW
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[1] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB,DIV PHYS,OAK RIDGE,TN 37831
[2] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB,CTR COMPUTAT INTENS PHYS,OAK RIDGE,TN 37831
[3] UNIV TENNESSEE,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,KNOXVILLE,TN 37996
[4] EXXON RES & ENGN CO,CORP RES LABS,ANNANDALE,NJ 08801
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2626
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present results from an inelastic neutron scattering experiment on the candidate Heisenberg spin ladder vanadyl pyrophosphate, (VO)(2)P2O7 We find evidence for a spin-wave excitation gap of E(gap) = 3.7 +/- 0.2 meV at a band minimum near Q = 0.8 Angstrom(-1). This is consistent with expectations for triplet spin waves in (VO)(2)P2O7 in the spin-ladder model and represents the first confirmation in nature of a Heisenberg antiferromagnetic spin ladder.
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页码:2626 / 2629
页数:4
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