Quantum dynamics in a J_eff=1/2 isotropic triangular-lattice antiferromagnet

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This proposal is part of our research programme to explore the spin dynamics of strongly-frustrated quantum antiferromagnets. A canonical model system is the spin-1/2 triangular antiferromagnet for which many theoretical predictions such as quantum-fluctuations induced anomalous lineshape broadenings and roton-like minima in the dispersion have not been experimentally explored. In recent powder experiments we found that Ba3CoSb2O9 is a unique realization of such as system with i) a density of states consistent with an anomalous softening at the zone boundary as expected for roton-like minima and ii) strong scattering continuum at high energies indicating quantum dynamics beyond the linear spin-wave approximation. To explore such effects in detail we propose a single crystal experiment to map the excitations in the full Brillouin zone and compare with theories of quantum dynamics.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.63525392
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/63525392
Provenance
Creator Miss Stephanie Williams; Professor Radu Coldea; Dr Rob Bewley; Dr Alun Biffin; Mr David Macdougal
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-09-30T09:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-10-06T09:00:00Z