Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Finite-chain approach to the study of CsNiCl3
L. S. Campana, Alvaro Caramico D’Auria, Francesco Esposito, Ugo Esposito, G. Kamieniarz
Abstract
The specific heat and magnetic susceptibility of the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain have been calculated using a numerical finite-size technique. An agreement with experiment for the quasi-one-dimensional compound ${\mathrm{CsNiCl}}_{3}$, which displays a Haldane gap, is revealed.