An effective field theory of magneto-elasticity

Pavaskar, Shashin; Penco, Riccardo; Rothstein, Ira Z.

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.12.5.155

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An effective field theory of magneto-elasticity

Shashin Pavaskar, Riccardo Penco, Ira Z. Rothstein

SciPost Phys. 12, 155 (2022) · published 11 May 2022

doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.12.5.155
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Abstract

We utilize the coset construction to derive the effective field theory of magnon-phonon interactions in (anti)-ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic insulating materials. The action is used to calculate the equations of motion which generalize the Landau-Lifshitz and stress equations to allow for magneto-acoustic couplings to all orders in the fields at lowest order in the derivative expansion. We also include the symmetry breaking effects due to Zeeman, and Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interactions. This effective theory is a toolbox for the study of magneto-elastic phenomena from first principles. As an example we use this theory to calculate the leading order contribution to the magnon decay width due to its the decay into phonons.

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