Observation of a central mode in an exchange-coupled singlet-groundstate system

Abstract
A central mode in the ferromagnetic phase transition of Pr3Tl is observed by inelastic and quasielastic neutron scattering. The integrated intensity has a Lorentzian wavevector dependence with a correlation range that is much larger than in ordinary ferromagnets. The softening of the exciton mode is considerably smaller than predicted by mean field theory.