Nonlinear relaxation between magnons and phonons in insulating ferromagnets
arXiv:1806.05501 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.104405
Abstract
Nonlinear relaxation between spin waves (magnons) and the crystal lattice (phonons) in an insulating ferromagnet is investigated theoretically. Magnons and phonons are described by the equilibrium Bose-Einstein distributions with different temperatures. The nonlinear heat current from magnons to phonons is calculated microscopically in terms of the Cherenkov radiation of phonons by magnons. The results are discussed in comparison with the well-known theoretical results on the nonlinear electron-phonon relaxation in metals [Kaganov, Lifshitz, Tanatarov, J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 31, 232 (1956)]. The elaborated theoretical description is relevant for spin-pumping experiments and thermoelectric devices in which the magnon temperature is essentially higher than the phonon one.
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