Magnetic excitations of the dilute one-dimensional magnet CsMnxMg1−xBr3

Abstract
The inelastic neutron scattering technique was used to measure the magnetic excitation spectrum of the dilute one‐dimensional magnet CsMnxMg1−xBr3 in the low‐concentration limit (x=0.14, 0.28). The observed energy spectra exhibit a series of well‐resolved peaks which are interpreted in terms of transitions within clusters of dimers and trimers of Mn2+ ions arranged along the c axis. The observed exchange splittings are directly related to the exchange interactions. In the Heisenberg picture the nearest‐neighbor and next‐nearest‐neighbor exchange parameters are determined to be J=−0.89±0.02 meV and J′=−0.04±0.02 meV, respectively. Spin‐wave theory turns out to be inadequate for studying the spin dynamics of small clusters.

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