Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Numéro C8, Décembre 1988
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism
Page(s) C8-1433 - C8-1434
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19888657
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism

J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C8-1433-C8-1434

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19888657

NEUTRON SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS ON THE HALDANE CONJECTURE

K. Kakurai1, 2, M. Steiner1, J. K. Kjems3, D. Petitgrand4, R. Pynn5 et K. Hirakawa6

1  Hahn-Meitner-Institut, D-1000 Berlin 39, F.R.G.
2  Physics Department, Tohoku University, Aoba Aramaki, 980 Sendai, Japan
3  Physics Department, Riso National Laboratory, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
4  Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, CEN Saclay, France
5  LANSCE, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545, U.S.A.
6  Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 811-01 Fukuoka, Japan


Abstract
Polarized neutron study of the spin dynamics for a Heisenberg antiferromagnet with easy-axis anisotropy, CsNiCl3, clearly demonstrates the almost isotropic character of the system. The study also revealed a difference between the observed and the calculated spin wave dispersion using the classical spin wave theory for T << 4.8 K and T > 4.8 K. This may be interpreted as a quantum effect on the spin dynamics in one and three dimension, as has been suggested by Haldane for one dimension.