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Phys. Rev. B 56, 11001–11013 (1997)

Quasi-one-dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg magnets in their ordered phase: Correlation functions

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Fabian H. L. Essler and Alexei M. Tsvelik
Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, United Kingdom

Gesualdo Delfino
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Montpellier II, Place Eugéne Batallion, 34095 Montpellier, France

Received 21 May 1997; published in the issue dated 1 November 1997

We study weakly coupled antiferromagnetic spin chains in their ordered phase by combining an exact solution of the single-chain problem with a random-phase-approximation analysis of the interchain interaction. A single chain is described by a quantum Sine-Gordon model and dynamical staggered susceptibilities are determined by employing the form-factor approach to quantum correlation functions. We consider both antiferromagnetic order encountered in quasi-one-dimensional materials such as KCuF3 and spin-Peierls order as found in CuGeO3.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.56.11001
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.56.11001
PACS:
75.10.Jm, 75.25.+z