%0 Journal Article
%T Semiquantitative theory for high-field low-temperature properties of a distorted diamond spin chain
%A O. Derzhko
%A J. Richter
%A O. Krupnitska
%J Condensed Matter Physics
%D 2012
%I Institute for Condensed Matter Physics
%X We consider the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a distorted diamond chain and use the localized-magnon picture adapted to a distorted geometry to discuss some of its high-field low-temperature properties. More specifically, in our study we assume that the partition function for a slightly distorted geometry has the same form as for ideal geometry, though with slightly dispersive one-magnon energies. We also discuss the relevance of such a description to azurite.
%K diamond spin chain
%K localized magnons
%K azurite
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.5488/CMP.15.43702