Magnetic excitations in dipolar pyrochlore antiferromagnet Gd$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$

S. S. Sosin; L. A. Prozorova; P. Bonville; M. E. Zhitomirsky

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.014419

Magnetic excitations in dipolar pyrochlore antiferromagnet Gd$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2013-05-29 v1

Authors: S. S. Sosin , L. A. Prozorova , P. Bonville , M. E. Zhitomirsky

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Abstract

The spin dynamics in the geometrically frustrated pyrochlore antiferromagnet $\rm Gd_2Sn_2O_7$ is studied by means of the electron spin resonance. In the ordered phase ( $T_N = 1$ K), we have detected three gapped resonance modes. Their values agree well with the developed spin-wave theory which takes into account the Heisenberg nearest-neighbor exchange, the single-ion anisotropy and the long-range dipolar interactions. The theory also predicts a fourth lowest-frequency gap, which lies beyond the experimental range of frequencies, but determines the exponential decrease of the specific heat at low temperature.

Keywords

magnetism frustrated magnetism spin excitations in condensed matter

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@article{arxiv.0809.0798,
  title  = {Magnetic excitations in dipolar pyrochlore antiferromagnet Gd$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$},
  author = {S. S. Sosin and L. A. Prozorova and P. Bonville and M. E. Zhitomirsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.0798},
  year   = {2013}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures

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