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Spin Dynamics of the Spin-1 Triangular Lattice Heisenberg Antiferromagnet K_{2}Ni(SeO_{3})_{2}
Chaebin Kim1, Sathvik Nallapati1, E A Ghioldi2
1Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.
Abstract:
Strong quantum fluctuations dominate the spin-1/2 triangular lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet, but their survival at spin-1 remains an open question. We address it in K_{2}Ni(SeO_{3})_{2}, a nearly ideal spin-1 realization, using inelastic neutron scattering. Below the ordering temperature T_{N}, coherent one-magnon excitations coexist with a broad high-energy continuum. Two complementary approaches, a spectrally consistent 1/S-corrected spin-wave theory and a beyond-mean-field Schwinger boson theory, each reproduce distinct facets of the continuum, reflecting multiparticle excitations and the internal structure of confined quasiparticles, respectively. Together they show that substantial quantum fluctuations persist at S=1 and are encoded in the spectral distribution of the continuum. Above T_{N}, the continuum bandwidth is conserved while spectral weight redistributes as magnons lose spatial coherence. Bandwidth conservation and the internal organization of continuum spectral weight thus emerge as organizing principles for ordered quantum magnets beyond spin-1/2.
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