Direct Spectroscopic Evidence of Holons in a Quantum Antiferromagnetic Spin-1/2 Chain

Autor: Hiroshi Eisaki, Zahid Hussain, Y. W. Li, Yi-De Chuang, D. M. Casa, M. Z. Hasan, P. Montano, T. Gog, S. Uchida, M. A. Beno
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: International Journal of Modern Physics B. 17:3479-3483
ISSN: 1793-6578
0217-9792
DOI: 10.1142/s0217979203021241
Popis: We report charge dynamics of a quantum spin-1/2 chain ( SrCuO 2) over the complete Brillouin zone using the momentum tunability of inelastic X-ray scattering. Excitations at the insulating gap edge are found to be highly dispersive. Observed dispersions are consistent with charge fluctuations involving holons unique to 1-D spin-1/2 quantum systems.
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