Classical Kink Dynamics and Quantum Thermodynamics in Easy-Plane Magnetic Chains with an Applied Magnetic Field

Gary Matthew Wysin, Ph. D.
Cornell University, 1985

• Front Matter: Abstract, Acknowledgements, Index
• Chapter 1. Introduction (Nonlinearity, Kinks, Spins, Experiments)
• Chapter 2. Single Kink Dynamics in an Easy-Plane Ferromagnet
• Chapter 3. Easy-Plane Ferromagnet Kink-Antikink Scattering
• Chapter 4. The Damped Driven Easy-Plane Ferromagnet
• Chapter 5. Single Kink Dynamics in an Easy-Plane Antiferromagnet
• Chapter 6. An Ansatz for Easy-Plane Antiferromagnetic Kinks
• Chapter 7. Quantum Monte Carlo Formalism for Spin Chains
• Chapter 8. Quantum Monte Carlo Applied to the Spin-1/2 Easy-Plane Ferromagnet CHAB
• Chapter 9. Quantum Monte Carlo Applied to the Spin-1 Easy-Plane Ferromagnet CsNiF3
• Chapter 10. Summary and Conclusions
• Appendices A, B, C.
• References