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Colloquium: Spontaneous magnon decays
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A theoretical overview of the phenomenon of spontaneous magnon decays in quantum antiferromagnets is presented. The intrinsic zero-temperature damping of magnons in quantum spin systems is a fascinating many-body effect, which has recently attracted significant attention in view of its possible observation in neutron-scattering experiments. An introduction to the theory of magnon interactions and a discussion of necessary symmetry and kinematic conditions for spontaneous decays are provided. Various parallels with the decays of anharmonic phonons and excitations in superfluid $^{4}\mathrm{He}$ are extensively used. Three principal cases of spontaneous magnon decays are considered: field-induced decays in Heisenberg antiferromagnets, zero-field decays in spiral antiferromagnets, and triplon decays in quantum-disordered magnets. Analytical results are compared with available numerical data and prospective materials for experimental observation of the decay-related effects are briefly discussed.
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- Authors
- Zhitomirsky, M. E., & Chernyshev, A. L.
- Venue
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2013-01-23
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 219-242
- ISSN
- 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-0756
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- W1541367590
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- 278
- References
- 74
- FWCI
- 9.67
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- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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