OBSERVATION OF THE CONDENSATION OF MAGNONS IN THE QUASI-2-DIMENSIONAL PLANAR FERROMAGNET K2CUF4

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HIRAKAWA, K
YOSHIZAWA, H
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[1] The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku Tokyo, Roppongi
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10.1143/JPSJ.47.368
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O4 [物理学];
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Magnetic field dependence of the neutron Bragg scattering as well as the diffuse scattering intensities in K2CuF4 has been observed as a function of temperature. It is found that about 42% of the observed Bragg scattering intensity is due to a giant fluctuation of spins which can be erased by very weak internal field. This fluctuation part is thought to be a new phase with condensation of magnons. The rest 58% corresponds to the phase with conventional long range order. The critical points for these two phases are the same within the experimental errors. © 1979, THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN. All rights reserved.
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