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Part of the Physics CommonsSuggested Citation: Bykovetz, N., Klein, J. and Lin, C.L. (2007). Serious discrepancies between nuclear magnetic resonance and neutron scattering measurements in the critical region of classic two-dimensional magnets and anomalous behaviors at low temperatures. Journal of Applied Physics. 109, 07E119.
Recommended CitationBykovetz, N., Klein, J., & Lin, C. L. (2011). Serious discrepancies between nuclear magnetic resonance and neutron scattering measurements in the critical region of classic two-dimensional magnets and anomalous behaviors at low temperatures. Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/physics_papers/136Serious discrepancies between nuclear magnetic resonance and neutron scattering measurements in the critical region of classic two-dimensional magnets and anomalous behaviors at low temperatures Abstract A characterization of 2D critical behavior in the classic 2D antiferromagnets K 2 NiF 4 , Rb 2 MnF 4 , and K 2 MnF 4 made originally by Birgeneau et al. [Phys. Rev. B 1, 2211(1970], using neutron scattering (NS), is used to review NMR data in these compounds and in some classic 2D ferromagnets. On analyzing the NMR data, very serious discrepancies were found between the NMR and NS results for the critical exponent ß, with the values of the NMR ßs being some 50% higher. Some novel results were also found, including 2D cases where ß = 0.33 (but characterized by a non-3D parameter, D~1). The discrepancies surely need to be resolved, and if the present analysis of the NMR data is further validated, these results could present a clear and nontrivial hurdle for current critical-region theories. Additionally, from the NMR data it was found that the lowtemperature behaviors of these classical 2D systems are at odds with the predictions of conventional spinwave theory analyses. Serious discrepancies between nuclear magnetic resonance and neutron scattering measurements in the critical region of classic two-dimensional magnets and anomalous behaviors at low temperatures A characterization of 2D critical behavior in the classic 2D antiferromagnets K 2 NiF 4 , Rb 2 MnF 4 , and K 2 MnF 4 made originally by Birgeneau et al. [Phys. Rev. B 1, 2211(1970], using neutron scattering (NS), is used to review NMR data in these compounds and in some classic 2D ferromagnets. On analyzing the NMR data, very serious discrepancies were found between the NMR and NS results for the critical exponent b, with the values of the NMR bs being some 50% higher. Some novel results were also found, including 2D cases where b ¼ 0:33 (but characterized by a non-3D parameter, D $ 1). The discrepancies surely need to be resolved, and if the present analysis of the NMR data is further validated, these results could present a clear and nontrivial hurdle for current critical-region theories. Additionally, from the NMR data it was found that the low-temperature behaviors of these classical 2D systems are at odds with the predictions of co...