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Characterization of Thermal Transport in One-dimensional Solid Materials
Published on: January 26, 2014
High temperature thermal conductivity of two-leg spin-1/2 ladders
1Institut Romand de Recherche Numérique en Physique des Matériaux, PPH-Ecublens, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Based on numerical simulations, a study of the high temperature, finite frequency, thermal conductivity kappa(omega) of spin-1/2 ladders is presented. The exact diagonalization and a novel Lanczos technique are employed. The conductivity spectra, analyzed as a function of rung coupling, point to a nondiverging dc limit but to an unconventional low frequency behavior. The results are discussed in perspective with recent experiments indicating a significant magnetic contribution to the energy transport in quasi-one-dimensional compounds.
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