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Weak localization of magnons in a disordered two-dimensional antiferromagnet

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2018-01-31 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We propose the weak localization of magnons in a disordered two-dimensional antiferromagnet. We derive the longitudinal thermal conductivity κxx\kappa_{xx} for magnons of a disordered Heisenberg antiferromagnet in the linear-response theory with the linear-spin-wave approximation. We show that the back scattering of magnons is enhanced critically by the particle-particle-type multiple impurity scattering. This back scattering causes a logarithmic suppression of κxx\kappa_{xx} with the length scale in two dimensions. We also argue a possible effect of inelastic scattering on the temperature dependence of κxx\kappa_{xx}. This weak localization is useful to control turning the magnon thermal current on and off.

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@article{arxiv.1710.03445,
  title  = {Weak localization of magnons in a disordered two-dimensional antiferromagnet},
  author = {Naoya Arakawa and Jun-ichiro Ohe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.03445},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures; published version