MnO spin-wave dispersion curves from neutron powder diffraction

Andrew L. Goodwin, Martin T. Dove, Matthew G. Tucker, David A. Keen

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Abstract

We describe a model-independent approach for the extraction of spin-wave dispersion curves from powder neutron total scattering data. Our approach is based on a statistical analysis of real-space spin configurations to calculate spin-dynamical quantities. The RMCPROFILE implementation of the reverse Monte Carlo refinement process is used to generate a large ensemble of supercell spin configurations from MnO powder diffraction data collected at 100 K. Our analysis of these configurations gives spin-wave dispersion curves for MnO that agree well with those determined independently using neutron triple-axis spectroscopic techniques.

Original languageEnglish
Article number075423
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume75
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 26 2007
Externally publishedYes

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