Abstract
We apply the Schwinger boson mean-field theory to the square-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet at low temperatures. For spin ½ we confirm the renormalized classical behavior of the correlation length without appealing to spin-wave theory. We also present a detailed calculation of the dynamical structure factor. A quasielastic peak is featured near , while for , spin-wave ridges appear. The uniform susceptibility interpolates between spin-wave results at and the high-temperature series of Rushbrooke and Wood. Our theory is distinct from theories in which fermionic spinon excitations determine the low-temperature spin dynamics.
- Received 16 May 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.617
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