Local moment magnon spectrum in conduction electron tunnelling

Abstract

The surface tunnelling spectrum of a dual system consisting of localised moments with antiferromagnetic order coupled to conduction electrons by on-site exchange interaction is investigated. In the static approximation of the local moment order it is known that magnetic band reconstruction leads to an anomalous tunnelling spectrum at the magnetic ordering vector of local moments although the latter cannot contribute directly. In this work we consider dynamic effects by including the scattering of conduction electrons from the local moment magnon excitations. They lead to self energies and renormalisation of conduction states which in turn appreciably modify the tunnelling spectrum beyond the influence of static order, interpreted as the appearance of magnon sidebands.