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NMR study of the S=1/2 Heisenberg Ladder Cu2(C5H12N2)2Cl4 : Quantum phase transition and critical dynamics

arXiv:cond-mat/9711124 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.2713

Abstract

We present an extensive NMR study of the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg ladder Cu2(C5H12N2)2Cl4 in a magnetic field range 4.5 - 16.7 T. By measuring the proton NMR relaxation rate 1/T_1 and varying the magnetic field around the critical field H_c1 = Delta / gμ_B = 7.5 T, we have studied the transition from a gapped spin liquid ground state to a gapless magnetic regime which can be described as a Luttinger liquid. We identify an intermediate regime T > |H-H_c1|, where the spin dynamics is (possibly) only controlled by the T=0 critical point H_c1.

4 pages, 3 eps figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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