Amplitude mode in the planar triangular antiferromagnet Na0.9MnO2

oleh: Rebecca L. Dally, Yang Zhao, Zhijun Xu, Robin Chisnell, M. B. Stone, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Leon Balents, Stephen D. Wilson

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-06-01

Deskripsi

Oscillations of the order parameter amplitude in magnetically ordered materials provide condensed matter analogues of the Higgs boson but in most cases they are unstable. Dally et al. show that the quasi-one-dimensional magnet α-Na0.9MnO2 supports stable amplitude excitations.