O17 NMR Study of q=0 Spin Excitations in a Nearly Ideal S=12 1D Heisenberg Antiferromagnet, Sr2CuO3, up to 800 K

K. R. Thurber, A. W. Hunt, T. Imai, and F. C. Chou
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 247202 – Published 26 November 2001
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Abstract

We used 17O NMR to probe the uniform (wave vector q=0) electron spin excitations up to 800 K in Sr2CuO3 and separate the q=0 from the q=±πa staggered components. Our results support the logarithmic decrease of the uniform spin susceptibility below T0.015J, where J=2200K. From measurement of the dynamical spin susceptibility for q=0 by the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1, we demonstrate that the q=0 mode of spin transport is ballistic at the T=0 limit, but has a diffusion-like contribution at finite temperatures even for TJ.

  • Received 17 August 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.247202

©2001 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

K. R. Thurber1,2,*, A. W. Hunt1,2, T. Imai1,2, and F. C. Chou2

  • 1Department of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
  • 2Center for Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

  • *Present address: U.S. Army Research Lab., Adelphi, MD.

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Vol. 87, Iss. 24 — 10 December 2001

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