Publication: Dynamics of thermal effects in the spin-wave theory of quantum antiferromagnets
Loading...
Official URL
Full text at PDC
Publication Date
2013-04
Advisors (or tutors)
Editors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Elsevier Masson
Citations
Exportar
Abstract
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.
Description
© 2012 Elsevier Inc. We thank the Spanish MICINN grant FIS2009-10061, CAM research consortium QUITEMAD S2009-ESP1594, European Commission PICC: FP7 2007-2013, Grant No. 249958, UCM-BS grant GICC-910758.