Intrinsic Damping of Collective Spin Modes in a Two-Dimensional Fermi Liquid with Spin-Orbit Interaction

We address the issue damping of spin collective modes in systems with spin orbit coupling in 2D. We show that these modes exist for arbitrary nature of spin-orbit coupling and are intrinsically damped even in the long wavelength limit. This damping is driven by electron-electron interactions and is unique to spin orbit coupled systems. Its origin is linked to an imperfect cancellation of the self energy and vertex contributions of the interaction. In the Fermi-liquid language, this is an effect arising from residual interaction between quasiparticles. This damping mechanism exists already at T=0 and without impurities and/or phonons. We also discuss the consequences of this damping for the experiment.