Dynamical structure factor of the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet

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Abstract

We have elucidated the role of magnon interaction and spontaneous decays in the spin dynamics of the triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet by calculating its dynamical structure factor within the spin-wave theory. Explicit theoretical results for neutron-scattering intensity will be shown for spins $S = 1/2$ and $S = 3/2$. The dynamical structure factor exhibits unconventional features such as quasiparticle peaks broadened by decays, non-Lorentzian lineshapes, and significant spectral weight redistribution to the two-magnon continuum. This rich excitation spectrum illustrates the complexity of the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet and provides distinctive qualitative and quantitative fingerprints for experimental observation of decay-induced magnon dynamics.

*Supported by the DoE.

Authors

  • Alexander Chernyshev

    • University of California, Irvine
    • UC Irvine
  • Martin Mourigal

    • Johns Hopkins
  • Wesley Fuhrman

    • Johns Hopkins University
    • Johns Hopkins
  • Michael Zhitomirsky

    • CEA, Grenoble