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 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 with the length scale in two dimensions. We also argue a possible effect of inelastic scattering on the temperature dependence of . 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