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Distribution of NMR Relaxations in a Random Heisenberg Chain

Shiroka, T.
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Casola, F.
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Glazkov, V.
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2011
Physical Review Letters

NMR measurements of the Si-29 spin-lattice relaxation time T-1 were used to probe the spin-1/2 random Heisenberg chain compound BaCu2(Si1-xGex)(2)O-7. Remarkable differences between the pure (x = 0) and the fully random (x = 0.5) cases are observed, indicating that randomness generates a distribution of local magnetic relaxations. This distribution, which is reflected in a stretched exponential NMR relaxation, exhibits a progressive broadening with decreasing temperature, caused by a growing inequivalence of magnetic sites. Compelling independent evidence for the influence of randomness is also obtained from magnetization data and Monte Carlo calculations. These results suggest the formation of random-singlet states in this class of materials, as previously predicted by theory.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.137202
Author(s)
Shiroka, T.
Casola, F.
Glazkov, V.
Zheludev, A.
Prsa, Krunoslav  
Ott, H.-R.
Mesot, J.
Date Issued

2011

Publisher

American Physical Society

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

106

Issue

13

Article Number

137202

Subjects

Quantum Spin Chains

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Antiferromagnetic Chain

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Williams-Watts

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