The quasi-one-dimensional character of spin waves in K2Fe7Se8

Autor: Feng Lu, Da-Yong Liu, Wei-Hua Wang, Hui Liu, Weichao Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 15, Iss 9, p 093043 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093043
Popis: The ground state phase diagram, the physical properties of spin waves and the dynamic structure factor of the new family of 122 iron-vacancy ordered compound K _2 Fe _7 Se _8 are theoretically investigated based on the J _1 – J _2 Heisenberg model. Four antiferromagnetic phases are found to be stable in the reasonable physical parameter region. The dispersion relations of the spin waves for the newly discovered AFM2 and AFM3 phases are studied using the linearized spin wave theory. Two acoustic spin wave branches and 12 optical spin wave branches are present in both the AFM2 and AFM3 phases, and each of them are twofold degenerate. One more interesting finding is that the spin waves of K _2 Fe _7 Se _8 have the quasi-one-dimensional character at the high frequency range. To offer theoretical guidance for the further neutron scattering experiments, the inelastic neutron scattering patterns for the AFM2 and AFM3 phases are also investigated.
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