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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254637103321

Autore

Dalla Piazza Bastien

Titolo

Excitation Spectra of Square Lattice Antiferromagnets : Theoretical Explanation of Experimental Observations / / by Bastien Dalla Piazza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-26419-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

538.44

Soggetti

Magnetism

Magnetic materials

Quantum computers

Spintronics

Quantum physics

Optical materials

Electronic materials

Magnetism, Magnetic Materials

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Quantum Physics

Optical and Electronic Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Variational Study of the Square Lattice Anti-ferromagnet Magnetic Zone-Boundary Anomaly -- Modeling the Spin-Wave Dispersion of Insulating Cuprate Materials.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis presents a qualitative advance in our understanding of quantum effects in layered magnetic materials. The nearest neighbor Heisenberg ferromagnetic ranks among the oldest and most fundamental models of quantum many body effects. It has long been established that in one dimension quantum fluctuations lead to a quantum disordered ground state with fractional excitations called spinons." In two dimensions, the ground state of the Heisenberg model displays static order and to first approximation the dynamics can be



described as semi-classical spin waves. Through theoretical advances the author demonstrates that at high energy around particular points in reciprocal space these semi-classical spin-waves deconfine into fractional excitations akin to the one-dimensional spinons. He thereby provides the first explanation of a long-standing experimental observation. In the second half of his thesis Bastien Dalla Piazza develops a unified description of the magnetic excitation spectra of a range of cuprate parent compounds to the high temperature superconductors.