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Spin-wave analysis of pseudo-one-dimensional antiferromagnet CsMn<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Cl</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>·<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">H</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>O

W. J. M. de JongeDepartment of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsK. KopingaDepartment of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsC. H. W. SwüsteDepartment of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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The low-temperature specific heat, sublattice magnetization, zero-point spin reduction, and ground-state energy of CsMn${\mathrm{Cl}}_{3}$\ifmmode\cdot\else\textperiodcentered\fi{}${2\mathrm{H}}_{2}$O have been confronted with a spin-wave calculation, which was based upon the particular magnetic structure of this compound. In this numerical calculation the effect of small interchain interactions and a temperature-dependent anisotropy gap have been included. A good agreement with the experimental heat capacity was obtained for an intrachain interaction $\frac{J}{k}=\ensuremath{-}3.0$ K and a ratio of the inter-to intrachain interaction $|\frac{{J}^{\ensuremath{'}}}{J}|=8\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$. These values compare favorably with the results from other studies. The predicted sublattice magnetization, including the zero-point spin reduction of 19%, is in good agreement with the experimental evidence. The calculated ground-state energy corresponds with the value obtained by direct integration of the experimental magnetic heat capacity. It was concluded that unrenormalized spin-wave theory offers a fair description of the magnetic behavior of CsMn${\mathrm{Cl}}_{3}$\ifmmode\cdot\else\textperiodcentered\fi{}${2\mathrm{H}}_{2}$O up to $\ensuremath{\sim}0.6{T}_{N}$.

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