Spin-specific heat determination of the ratio of competing first- and second-neighbor exchange interactions in frustrated spin-12 chains
Spin-specific heat determination of the ratio of competing first- and second-neighbor exchange interactions in frustrated spin-12 chains
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.97.064407
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发表时间:
2018-02
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3.7
通讯作者:
Dayasindhu Dey;Manoranjan Kumar;S. Dutton;R. Cava;Z. Soos
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作者:
Dayasindhu Dey;Manoranjan Kumar;S. Dutton;R. Cava;Z. Soos
The magnetic susceptibility $\chi(T)$ of spin-1/2 chains is widely used to quantify exchange interactions, even though $\chi(T)$ is similar for different combinations of ferromagnetic $J_1$ between first neighbors and antiferromagnetic $J_2$ between second neighbors. We point out that the spin specific heat $C(T)$ directly determines the ratio $\alpha = J_2/|J_1|$ of competing interactions. The $J_1-J_2$ model is used to fit the isothermal magnetization $M(T,H)$ and $C(T,H)$ of spin-1/2 Cu(II) chains in LiCuSbO$_4$. By fixing $\alpha$, $C(T)$ resolves the offsetting $J_1$, $\alpha$ combinations obtained from $M(T,H)$ in cuprates with frustrated spin chains.