Exchange integrals and single-ion anisotropy parameters of a ring-shaped molecular cluster, comprising eight chromium(III) ions (s = 3/2) were determined by inelastic neutron scattering. Effects due to the mixing of different spin multiplets have been considered. Such effects proved to be important to correctly reproduce the relative intensity of magnetic excitations in the neutron spectra. Evidence of decreasing lifetimes with increasing energy of excited spin states was found. The microscopic picture emerging from neutron spectroscopy was confirmed by the temperature dependence of the heat capacity.
Microscopic Spin Hamiltonian of a Cr8 Antiferromagnetic Ring from Inelastic Neutron Scattering / S., Carretta; J., VAN SLAGEREN; T., Guidi; E., Liviotti; C., Mondelli; D., Rovai; Cornia, Andrea; A. L., Dearden; F., Carsughi; Affronte, Marco; C. D., Frost; R. E. P., Winpenny; D., Gatteschi; G., Amoretti; R., Caciuffo. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - STAMPA. - 67:(2003), pp. 094405/1-094405/8. [10.1103/PhysRevB.67.094405]
Microscopic Spin Hamiltonian of a Cr8 Antiferromagnetic Ring from Inelastic Neutron Scattering
CORNIA, Andrea;AFFRONTE, Marco;
2003
Abstract
Exchange integrals and single-ion anisotropy parameters of a ring-shaped molecular cluster, comprising eight chromium(III) ions (s = 3/2) were determined by inelastic neutron scattering. Effects due to the mixing of different spin multiplets have been considered. Such effects proved to be important to correctly reproduce the relative intensity of magnetic excitations in the neutron spectra. Evidence of decreasing lifetimes with increasing energy of excited spin states was found. The microscopic picture emerging from neutron spectroscopy was confirmed by the temperature dependence of the heat capacity.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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