Magnetic excitations from the linear Heisenberg antiferromagnetic spin trimer system A3Cu3(P O4) 4 (A=Ca, Sr, and Pb)

M. Matsuda, K. Kakurai, A. A. Belik, M. Azuma, M. Takano, M. Fujita

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Abstract

Inelastic neutron-scattering experiments were performed on A3Cu3(P O4) 4 (A=Ca, Sr, and Pb), which consists of one-dimensional array of linear copper spin trimers. It was found that the magnetic excitations are well described by the linear Heisenberg antiferromagnetic spin trimer model, in which the main interaction is the nearest-neighbor intratrimer interaction and the weak next-nearest-neighbor intratrimer and intertrimer interactions are expected. The intratrimer coupling constants are determined to be 9.45(3), 10.04(3), and 9.13(2) meV for A3Cu3(P O4) 4 with A=Ca, Sr, and Pb, respectively. The other interactions were found to be very small.

Original languageEnglish
Article number144411
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume71
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes

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