Magnon renormalization in the Heisenberg ferromagnet
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 21 (7) , 2833-2843
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.21.2833
Abstract
An analysis of the concept of renormalization of magnons is presented in view of a recently developed Bose expansion of spin operators. The advantages as well as the limitations of this concept are discussed. It is shown how the kinematic interaction becomes crucial in the critical region. In our renormalized magnon picture it turns out that the phase transition of the Heisenberg ferromagnet can be described as a generalized Bose condensation in the "kinematic space". Finally, our formalism is used to calculate the magnetization curve of the Heisenberg ferromagnet, yielding in excellent agreement with high-temperature expansions.
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