Dynamically dominant excitations of string solutions in the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain in a magnetic field

Abstract

Using Bethe-ansatz solutions, this Letter uncovers a well-defined continuum in dynamical structure factor S+-(k,omega) of the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain in magnetic fields. It comes from string solutions that continuously connect the mode of the lowest-energy excitations in the zero-field limit and that of bound states of overturned spins from the ferromagnetic state near the saturation field. The relevance to real materials is confirmed through comparisons with experimental results.