ANISOTROPY AND ISING-TYPE TRANSITION OF THE S = 5/2 TWO-DIMENSIONAL HEISENBERG ANTIFERROMAGNET MN-FORMATE DI-UREA

Cuccoli, Alessandro; Roscilde, T.; Tognetti, Valerio; Vaia, R.; Verrucchi, P.

doi:10.1063/1.1538176

Recently reported measurements of specific heat on the compound Mn-formate di-Urea by Takeda [Phys. Rev. B 63, 024425 (2001)] are considered. As a model to describe the overall thermodynamic behavior of such a compound, the easy-axis two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet is proposed and studied by means of the pure quantum self-consistent harmonic approximation. In particular, it is shown that when the temperature decreases, the compound exhibits a crossover from two-dimensional (2D) Heisenberg to 2D-Ising behavior, followed by a 2D-Ising-type phase transition, whose location allows one to get a reliable estimate of the easy-axis anisotropy driving the transition itself. Below the critical temperature T-N=3.77 K, the specific heat is well described by the two-dimensional easy-axis model down to a temperature T*=1.57 K, where a T-3 law sets in, possibly marking a low-temperature crossover of magnetic fluctuations from two to three dimensions.

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Titolo:	ANISOTROPY AND ISING-TYPE TRANSITION OF THE S = 5/2 TWO-DIMENSIONAL HEISENBERG ANTIFERROMAGNET MN-FORMATE DI-UREA
Autori di Ateneo:	CUCCOLI, ALESSANDRO T. ROSCILDE TOGNETTI, VALERIO R. VAIA P. VERRUCCHI mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Autori:	CUCCOLI, ALESSANDRO; T. ROSCILDE; TOGNETTI, VALERIO; R. VAIA; P. VERRUCCHI
Data di pubblicazione:	2003
Rivista:	JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume:	93
Pagina iniziale:	7637
Pagina finale:	7639
Abstract:	Recently reported measurements of specific heat on the compound Mn-formate di-Urea by Takeda [Phys. Rev. B 63, 024425 (2001)] are considered. As a model to describe the overall thermodynamic behavior of such a compound, the easy-axis two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet is proposed and studied by means of the pure quantum self-consistent harmonic approximation. In particular, it is shown that when the temperature decreases, the compound exhibits a crossover from two-dimensional (2D) Heisenberg to 2D-Ising behavior, followed by a 2D-Ising-type phase transition, whose location allows one to get a reliable estimate of the easy-axis anisotropy driving the transition itself. Below the critical temperature T-N=3.77 K, the specific heat is well described by the two-dimensional easy-axis model down to a temperature T*=1.57 K, where a T-3 law sets in, possibly marking a low-temperature crossover of magnetic fluctuations from two to three dimensions.
Handle:	http://hdl.handle.net/2158/12544
Appare nelle tipologie:	1a - Articolo su rivista

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