The spin correlation functions of a semi-infinite Heisenberg ferromagnet

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, , Citation M G Cottam 1976 J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 9 2121 DOI 10.1088/0022-3719/9/11/019

This article is corrected by 1977 J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 10 4419

This article is corrected by 1978 J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys. 11 239

0022-3719/9/11/2121

Abstract

Results are derived for the dynamic correlation functions between a pair of spin operators at any two sites within a semi-infinite Heisenberg ferromagnet at low temperatures, T<<Tc. The correlation functions are found to contain terms describing the effects of the bulk spin-wave modes and the surface spin-wave modes, together with appropriate weighting factors. The results are employed to evaluate the spin deviation in the ferromagnet as a function of temperature and distance from the surface.

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10.1088/0022-3719/9/11/019