Theory of Three-Magnon Ferromagnetic Relaxation Frequency for Low Temperatures and Small Wave Vectors

Abstract

The three-magnon confluence relaxation frequency $\frac{1}{\tau }$ is calculated without making assumptions of the previous calculation of Sparks, Loudon, and Kittel. The results are such that the discrepancies between the experiments of Comstock, LeCraw, Nilsen, Remeika, Spencer, and Walker and the previous theory are removed. In particular, the exponentially small (rather than linear) dependence of $\frac{1}{\tau }$ on $k_1$ and $T$ is explained by the new theory. A calculation of the bending down of $\frac{1}{\tau }$ below linearity in $k_1$ at large values of $k_1$ is also given.