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The field-induced soliton phase of CuGeO3

Ronnow, H. M.  
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Mechthild, E.
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McMorrow, D. F.
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2003
Physica B: Condensed Matter

The quasi-1D S = 1/2 antiferromagnet CuGeO3 undergoes a spin-Peierls transition to a dimerised singlet quantum ground state, with S = 1 carrying pairs of domain walls as elementary excitations. Applying a large magnetic field, the domain walls-solitons-can be condensed into the ground state, forming a static incommensurate soliton lattice, which has been investigated by neutron scattering. The static soliton structure was found to be in good accordance to field theoretical and numerical calculations, while a low energy incommensurate mode is interpreted as a gapped phason. We anticipate that theoretical description of this and higher energy excitations will provide general insight to the effect of structural fluctuations on correlated electron systems.

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DOI
10.1016/S0921-4526(02)02628-5
Author(s)
Ronnow, H. M.  
Mechthild, E.
McMorrow, D. F.
Regnault, L. P.
Date Issued

2003

Published in
Physica B: Condensed Matter
Volume

329

Start page

675

End page

678

Subjects

soliton

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one-dimensional

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spin-Peierls

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magneto-elastic

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ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE

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PEIERLS COMPOUND CUGEO3

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INCOMMENSURATE PHASE

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NEUTRON-SCATTERING

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LATTICE

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SYSTEMS

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TRANSITION

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CHAINS

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CEA Grenoble, DRFMC, SPSMS, MDN, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Inst Max Von Laue Paul Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble, France. Riso Natl Lab, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Ronnow, HM, CEA Grenoble, DRFMC, SPSMS, MDN, F-38054 Grenoble, France.

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