Abstract
The thermal conductivity of the spin-Peierls (SP) compound was measured in magnetic fields up to 16 T. Above the SP transition, the heat transport due to spin excitations causes a peak at K, while below the transition the spin excitations rapidly diminish and the heat transport is dominated by phonons; however, the main scattering process of the phonons is with spin excitations, which demonstrates itself in an unusual peak in at K. This low-temperature peak is strongly suppressed with magnetic fields in excess of 12.5 T.
- Received 13 March 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.58.R2913
©1998 American Physical Society