Magnetic excitations in the quasi-one-dimensional quantum anti ferromagnets
PbNi2V2O8 and SrNi2V2O8 are measured all the way up to the zone-boundary e
nergy using inelastic neutron scattering from powder samples. An estimate f
or next-nearest-neighbor in-chain interactions is obtained. The role played
by these interactions in spin-vacancy-induced magnetic ordering in PbNi2V2
O8 is discussed.