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Low-temperature spin transport in a S = 1 one-dimensional antiferromagnet

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Published 21 May 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation A S T Pires and L S Lima 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 245502 DOI 10.1088/0953-8984/21/24/245502

0953-8984/21/24/245502

Abstract

We study spin transport in the insulating antiferromagnet with S = 1 in one dimension. The spin conductivity is calculated, at zero temperature, using a modified spin wave theory and the Kubo formalism, within the ladder approximation. Two-magnon processes provide the dominant contribution to the spin conductivity. At finite temperature, free magnons are activated, and turn the system into a perfect spin conductor, i.e., the spin conductivity has a Drude form with infinite scattering time.

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10.1088/0953-8984/21/24/245502