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Chiral fluctuations in triangular antiferromagnets at $T \ll T_N$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Chiral fluctuations in triangular antiferromagnets (TAFs) at TTNT \ll T_N are studied theoretically. The case of a ferromagnetic interaction along c axis (which is directed perpendicular to the plane of the lattice), Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction Dc{\bf D}\| c and a weak magnetic field Hc{\bf H}\| c is considered in detail. Previously, this model has been proposed to describe quantum TAF CsCuCl3_3. Expressions for dynamical chirality (DC) are derived within the linear spin-wave approximation. In contrast to non-frustrated antiferromagnets, DC is found to be nonzero even at D,H=0D,H=0 in a one-domain sample. We argue that this unusual behavior stems from the fact that a ground state of XY and Heisenberg TAFs is characterized by an axial vector along which DC is directed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0507720,
  title  = {Chiral fluctuations in triangular antiferromagnets at $T \ll T_N$},
  author = {A. V. Syromyatnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0507720},
  year   = {2007}
}