Localized-magnon states in strongly frustrated quantum spin lattices
Abstract
Recent developments concerning localized-magnon eigenstates in strongly frustrated spin lattices and their effect on the low-temperature physics of these systems in high magnetic fields are reviewed. After illustrating the construction and the properties of localized-magnon states we describe the plateau and the jump in the magnetization process caused by these states. Considering appropriate lattice deformations fitting to the localized magnons we discuss a spin-Peierls instability in high magnetic fields related to these states. Last but not least we consider the degeneracy of the localized-magnon eigenstates and the related thermodynamics in high magnetic fields. In particular, we discuss the low-temperature maximum in the isothermal entropy versus field curve and the resulting enhanced magnetocaloric effect, which allows efficient magnetic cooling from quite large temperatures down to very low ones.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0503243,
title = {Localized-magnon states in strongly frustrated quantum spin lattices},
author = {J. Richter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0503243},
year = {2009}
}
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21 pages, 10 figures, invited paper for a special issue of "Low Temperature Physics " dedicated to the 70-th anniversary of creation of concept "antiferromagnetism" in physics of magnetism