Macroscopic quantum coherence of the Neel vector in antiferromagnetic system without Kramers' degeneracy

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-40

  Lu R ^a   Zhu, J L ^a   Chen, X ^a   Chang, L ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

73.40.gk tunneling; 75.10.jm quantized spin models; 75.50.ee antiferromagnetics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY; VECTORS;

INSTANTON METHOD; MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM COHERENCE; NEEL VECTOR; QUANTIZED SPIN MODELS; SPIN COHERENT STATE PATH INTEGRAL; TUNNEL SPLITTING; WENTZEL KRAMERS BRILLOUIN EXPONENT;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031653756     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050281     Document Type: Article

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