Magnetic excitations in the spin-gap systemTlCuCl3

Abstract
TlCuCl3 has a singlet ground state with the excitation gap Δ=0.65meV. The magnetic excitations in TlCuCl3 have been investigated by means of neutron inelastic-scattering experiments. The constant-Q energy scan profiles were collected in the a*c* plane. A well-defined single magnetic excitation mode was observed. The dispersion relations along four different directions were determined. The lowest excitation occurs at Q=(h,0,l) with integer h and odd l, as observed in KCuCl3. A cluster series expansion up to the sixth order was applied to analyze the dispersion relations, and the individual exchange interactions were evaluated. It was demonstrated that TlCuCl3 is a strongly coupled spin-dimer system.

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