Inelastic neutron scattering study of the spin-gap cuprate -AgCuPO

Hase, Masashi*; Matsuda, Masaaki; Kakurai, Kazuhisa; Ozawa, Kiyoshi*; Kitazawa, Hideaki*; Tsujii, Naohito*; Dnni, A.*; Kuroe, Haruhiko*

The magnetism of -AgCuPO has been studied using inelastic neutron scattering and magnetic susceptibility measurements on powder sample. A well-defined symmetric broad inelastic peak was observed at 6.2meV energy transfer, indicating the existence of spin-gap excitation. From the Q-dependence of the inelastic magnetic intensities it is concluded that the strongest exchange interaction exists in the Cu-O-P-O-Cu path and that the antiferromagnetic alternating chain model with two exchange interactions values of 80 and 14K can quantitatively explain the experimental results.