Published April 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Experimental Measurement of the Staggered Magnetization Curve for a Haldane Spin Chain

  • 1. Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
  • 2. DRFMC/SPSMS/MDN Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires, 17 rue des Martyres, 38054 Grenoble Cedex (France)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Aoyama-Gakuin University, 6-16-1, Chitosedai, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157 (Japan)

Description

Long-range magnetic ordering in R2BaNiO5 (R=magnetic rare earth) quasi-one-dimensional mixed-spin antiferromagnets is described by a simple mean-field model that is based on the intrinsic staggered magnetization function of isolated Haldane spin chains for the Ni subsystem, and single-ion magnetization functions for the rare earth ions. The model is applied to new experimental results obtained in powder diffraction experiments on Nd2BaNiO 5 and NdYBaNiO5 , and to previously published diffraction data for Er2BaNiO 5 . From this analysis we extract the bare staggered magnetization curve for Haldane spin chains in these compounds. copyright 1998 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
16
Journal Page Range
p. 3630-3633
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO