Published August 1, 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamics of commensurate chromium alloys

  • 1. Department of Physics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5566 (United States)
  • 2. Solid State Division, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (United States)

Description

The dynamics of commensurate chromium alloys are produced by the fluctuations of a spin-density wave consisting of bound electron-hole pairs. For a commensurate alloy at any temperature, we find a transverse spin-wave (SW) mode with frequency ω=cq and a longitudinal amplitude mode with dispersion ω=2√Δ2+(cq)2/4, where c=vF/√3 is the SW mode velocity and 2Δ is the energy required to break apart an electron-hole pair. Unlike in an itinerant ferromagnet, the SW and amplitude modes never intersect. Other fluctuations below the SW mode and above the amplitude mode are intrinsically damped in an itinerant antiferromagnet

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 4240-4243.
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO