Theory of Antiferromagnetic Spin Waves in some Metamagnetic Crystals

15 May 1963

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 130 (4) , 1312-1317
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.130.1312

Abstract

The spin waves of metamagnetic hexagonal layer crystals, in particular, Ni

{Cl}_{2}

and Co

{Cl}_{2}

, are calculated in a semicontinuum model. Temperature variations of the specific heat and of the sublattice magnetization due to the spin-wave excitations are derived and discussed.

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