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Roton minimum as fingerprint of magnon-Higgs scattering in ordered quantum antiferromagnets

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-11-13 v2

Abstract

A quantitative description of magnons in long-range ordered quantum antiferromagnets is presented which is consistent from low to high energies. It is illustrated for the generic S=1/2S=1/2 Heisenberg model on the square lattice. The approach is based on a continuous similarity transformation in momentum space using the scaling dimension as truncation criterion. Evidence is found for significant magnon-magnon attraction inducing a Higgs resonance. The high-energy roton minimum in the magnon dispersion appears to be induced by strong magnon-Higgs scattering.

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@article{arxiv.1504.07371,
  title  = {Roton minimum as fingerprint of magnon-Higgs scattering in ordered quantum antiferromagnets},
  author = {M. Powalski and G. S. Uhrig and K. P. Schmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.07371},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures