Fincher-Burke excitations in single-Q chromium

P. Böni, E. Clementyev, Ch Stadler, B. Roessli, G. Shirane, S. A. Werner

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Abstract

The low-energy excitations of incommensurate antiferromagnetic Cr have been investigated by means of high-resolution, inelastic neutron scattering with unpolarized, cold neutrons within an energy range E < 9 meV. In agreement with previous measurements we observe Fincher-Burke excitations in the transverse spin density wave phase that appear between the unresolved spin-wave peaks at the incommensurate positions Q± = (1 ± δ, 0, 0). In contrast to the previous measurements, our high-resolution data shows that the Fincher-Burke modes do not follow a linear dispersion. Therefore, they have nothing in common with the acoustic phonon branch. The major part of the scattering is concentrated in the range of 4 meV < E < 8 meV.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S716-S718
JournalApplied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume74
Issue numberSUPPL.I
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2002

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