Dispersive magnetic excitations in the S=1 antiferromagnet Ba3 Mn2 O8

M. B. Stone; M. D. Lumsden; Y. Qiu; E. C. Samulon; C. D. Batista; I. R. Fisher

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.134406

Dispersive magnetic excitations in the S=1 antiferromagnet Ba3 Mn2 O8

M. B. Stone
, M. D. Lumsden
, Y. Qiu
, E. C. Samulon
, C. D. Batista
, I. R. Fisher

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We present powder inelastic neutron scattering measurements of the S=1 dimerized antiferromagnet Ba3 Mn2 O8. The T=1.4 K magnetic spectrum exhibits a spin gap of Δ 1.0 meV and a dispersive spectrum with a bandwidth of approximately 1.5 meV. A comparison to coupled dimer models accurately describes the dispersion and scattering intensity and determines the exchange constants in Ba3 Mn2 O8. The wave vector dependent scattering intensity confirms the proposed S=1 dimer bond. Temperature dependent measurements of the magnetic excitations indicate the presence of both singlet-triplet and thermally activated triplet-quintet excitations.

Original language	English
Article number	134406
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	77
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.134406
State	Published - Apr 2 2008

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