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Unconventional spin fluctuations in the hexagonal antiferromagnet YMnO3

T. J. Sato, S. -H. Lee, T. Katsufuji, M. Masaki, S. Park, J. R. D. Copley, H. Takagi

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0304441

Abstract

We used inelastic neutron scattering to show that well below its Néel temperature, T N, the two-dimensional (2D) XY nearly-triangular antiferromagnet YMnO3 has a prominent central peak associated with 2D antiferromagnetic fluctuations with a characteristic life time of 0.55(5) ps, coexisting with the conventional long-lived spin-waves. Existence of the two time scales suggests competition between the Néel phase favored by weak interplane interactions, and the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase intrinsic to the 2D XY spin system.

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