Evidence for gapped spin-wave excitations in the frustrated Gd2Sn2O7 pyrochlore antiferromagnet from low-temperature specific heat measurements

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Quilliam, J A ^a   Ross, K A ^a   Del Maestro, A G ^b   Gingras, M J P ^a,c,d   Corruccini, L R ^e   Kycia, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

DIPOLAR INTERACTIONS; GAPPED SPIN-WAVE EXCITATIONS; LOW-ENERGY MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; PYROCHLORE ANTIFERROMAGNET;

SPIN WAVES;

EID: 34548270923     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.097201     Document Type: Article

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