Journal article
Neutron-scattering cross section of the S=1/2 Heisenberg triangular antiferromagnet
In this paper we use a Schwinger-boson mean-field approach to calculate the neutron-scattering cross section from the S = 1/2 antiferromagnet with nearest-neighbor isotropic Heisenberg interaction on a two-dimensional triangular lattice. We investigate two solutions for T = 0: (i) a state with long-range order resembling the Neel state and (ii) a resonating valence bond or ''spin liquid'' state with an energy gap, E(g) almost-equal-to 0.17J, for the elementary excitations (spinons).
For solution (ii) the neutron cross section shows Bragg rods at kappa = K = (1/3, 1/3), whereas solution (ii) shows no elastic, but a set of broader dispersive spin excitations around kappa almost-equal-to (1/2, 0) and around kappa almost-equal-to (1/3, 1/3) for omega/E(g) = 2.5-4. It should thus be possible to distinguish these two states in a neutron-scattering experiment.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 1994 |
Pages: | 1074-1083 |
ISSN: | 10953795 , 01631829 , 1550235x , 10980121 and 24699950 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.50.1074 |
ORCIDs: | 0000-0003-4282-756X and 0000-0002-6328-7462 |