Theory of Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation in Haldane Gap Materials: An Illustration of the Use of (1+1)-Dimensional Field Theory Techniques
A comprehensive theory of nuclear magnetic relaxation is developed for Haldane Gap materials using nonlinear sigma, boson and fermion models. We include a thorough discussion of of the effects of interchain couplings, nearest neighbour hyperfine couplings and crystal structure. We also introduce a new theory of impurities corresponding to broken chain ends weakly coupled to bulk magnons. The work is compared to recent experiments on NENP.
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