Abstract
Frequency moments of the light-scattering spectrum from spin-pair excitations are calculated for the spin-½ planar Heisenberg antiferromagnet. The quantitative agreement with the experimental spectrum in Cu demonstrates that the observed linewidth is dominated by quantum fluctuations and yields a value for the exchange parameter of 1030±50 . Quantum fluctuations also permit light scattering due to diagonal-next-neighbor spin-pair excitations. Observed spectral features in the and symmetries are consistent with those calculated for this process.
- Received 13 March 1989
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2736
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