Study of the magnetic susceptibility in the spin-Peierls system CuGeO${}_3$

Abstract

We study numerically, using a one-dimensional Heisenberg model, the spin-Peierls transition in the linear Cu${}^{2+}$ spin-1/2 chains in the inorganic compound CuGeO${}_3$ which has been recently observed experimentally. We suggest that the magnetic susceptibility, the temperature dependence of the spin gap and the spin-Peierls transition temperature of this material can be reasonably described by including nearest and next nearest neighbor antiferromagnetic interactions along the chain. We estimate that the nearest neighbor exchange parameter J is approximately $160\mathrm{K}$, and that the next nearest neighbor exchange parameter is approximately $0.36\mathrm{J}$.

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