Dynamics of the two-dimensional S=1/2 dimer system (C5H6N2F)2CuCl4

Abstract

Inelastic neutron scattering was used to study a quantum S=1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg system—Bis(2-amino-5-fluoropyridinium) Tetrachlorocuprate(II). The magnetic excitation spectrum was shown to be dominated by long-lived excitations with an energy gap 1.07(3) meV. The measured dispersion relation is consistent with a simple two-dimensional square lattice of weakly-coupled spin dimers. Comparing the data to a random phase approximation treatment of this model gives the intra-dimer and inter-dimer exchange constants J=1.45(2) meV and J′=0.31(3) meV, respectively.