We investigate theoretically the phase diagram of a classical Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the pyrochlore lattice perturbed by a weak second-neighbor interaction J_2. The huge ground state degeneracy of the nearest-neighbor Heisenberg spins is lifted by J_2 and a magnetically ordered ground state sets in upon approaching zero temperature. We have found a new, partially ordered phase with collinear spins at finite temperatures for a ferromagnetic J_2. In addition to a large nematic order parameter, this intermediate phase also exhibits a layered structure and a bond order that breaks the sublattice symmetry. Thermodynamic phase boundaries separating it from the fully disordered and magnetically ordered states scale as 1.87 J_2 S^2 and 0.26 J_2 S^2 in the limit of small J_2. The phase transitions are discontinuous. We analytically examine the local stability of the collinear state and obtain a boundary T ~ J_2^2/J_1 in agreement with Monte Carlo simulations.
This short note documents some of the pyrochlore magnetization plateaus resulting from the arguments of Pal & Lal that were not mentioned in arxiv:1902.06475v1. These are (layered) "Kagome"-like plateaus that are commensurate with the pyrochlore lattice, including an exact wavefunction for the $\frac{m}{m_s} = \frac{5}{6}$ plateau state.
We investigate the zero- and finite-temperature properties of the bond-random $s=1/2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the pyrochlore lattice by the exact diagonalization and the Hams--de Raedt methods. We find that the randomness induces the gapless quantum spin liquid (QSL) state, the random-singlet state. Implications to recent experiments on the mixed-anion pyrochlore-lattice antiferromagnet Lu$_2$Mo$_2$O$_5$N$_2$ exhibiting gapless QSL behaviors are discussed.
Nematic, vector-multipole, and plateau-liquid states in the classical O(3) pyrochlore antiferromagnet with biquadratic interactions in applied magnetic field
The hedgehog lattice, a three-dimensional periodic array of magnetic monopoles and antimonopoles, is known to be realized in the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction. Here, we demonstrate by means of Monte Carlo simulations that the hedgehog lattice is induced by not the DM interaction but frustration in classical Heisenberg antiferromagnets on the breathing pyrochlore lattice. In the model, the breathing bond-alternation is characterized by the ratio of the nearest-neighbor (NN) antiferromagnetic exchange interaction for large tetrahedra to that for small ones, J1'/J1. A qua…
Phase Transition and Thermal Order-by-Disorder in the Pyrochlore Quantum Antiferromagnet Er2Ti2O7: a High-Temperature Series Expansion Study
几种稀土磁性烧绿石材料可以用自旋为1/2的量子哈密顿量和各向异性交换参数Js来模拟。对于Er 2 Ti 2 O 7材料,J最近确定从高场非弹性中子散射测量。在这里,我们执行高温(T)系列展开,使用这些J来计算这种材料的热力学性质。与实验数据的比较表明,该模型很好地描述了材料在Tc~1.2 K的有限温度下的相变。我们表明,对于不同的q=0 xy序参量,高温展开式给出了相同的结果,直到β=1/T中的8阶(可能是β中的所有阶)。相反,与序参量的6次方相关的非线性磁化率揭示了在Er 2 Ti 2 O 7中发现的相同的非共线的Er 2 Ti 2 O2状态的热有序无序选择。
We theoretically investigate effects of lattice distortions on the spin ordering of classical Heisenberg antiferromagnets on the breathing pyrochlore lattice. In the model, local lattice distortions originating from the site vibration are taken into account to yield effective spin interactions via the spin-lattice coupling (SLC). The breathing lattice-alternation is characterized by the ratio of the nearest-neighbor interaction for large tetrahedra to that for small ones, J'/J. It is found by Monte Carlo simulations that the system exhibits a first-order transition into four different types of…
Magnetic phase diagram of the antiferromagnetic pyrochlore Gd2Ti2O7
Gd 2 Ti 2 O 7是烧绿石晶格上的高度受抑的反铁磁体,除了海森堡交换之外,自旋还通过偶极-偶极力相互作用。本文报道了在三个不同方向的外加磁场作用下对Gd_2 Ti_2 O_7单晶进行的低温比热测量。测量结果显示,强烈的各向异性行为的Gd 2 Ti 2 O 7在磁场中,尽管明显缺乏一个显着的单离子各向异性的Gd 3+。给出了H//[111]、H//[110]和H//[112]的H-T相图。结果表明,进一步的理论工作超出了一个简单的平均场模型是必要的。
Field-Driven Transitions in the Dipolar Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet Gd$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$
本文提出了偶极耦合的钛酸钆Gd $_2$ Ti $_2$ O $_7$焦绿石体系中磁场驱动跃迁的平均场论.低温中子散射产生的相,可以被看作是一个8亚晶格反铁磁体,其中长程有序矩和涨落矩共存。我们的理论给出了实现这样一个阶段的参数区域,并预测了其他几个阶段,它们之间的过渡由磁场以及温度驱动。我们发现了几个实例{ \em本地}无序参数描述的过渡。
In an ideal classical pyrochlore antiferromagnet without perturbations, an infinite degeneracy at a ground state leads to absence of a magnetic order and spin-glass transition. Here we present Na$_3$Mn(CO$_3$)$_2$Cl as a new candidate compound where classical spins are coupled antiferromagnetically on the pyrochlore lattice, and report its structural and magnetic properties.The temperature dependences of the magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity, and the magnetization curve are consistent with those of an $S$ = 5/2 pyrochlore lattice antiferromagnet with nearest-neighbor interactions of 2 …
We show theoretically that spin and orbital degrees of freedom in the pyrochlore oxide Y2Mo2O7, which is free of quenched disorder, can exhibit a simultaneous glass transition, working as dynamical randomness to each other. The interplay of spins and orbitals is mediated by the Jahn-Teller lattice distortion that selects the choice of orbitals, which then generates variant spin exchange interactions ranging from ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic ones. Our Monte Carlo simulations detect the power-law divergence of the relaxation times and the negative divergence of both the magnetic and dielec…
Local lattice disorder in the geometrically-frustrated spin glass pyrochlore Y2Mo2O7
几何受挫的自旋玻璃Y2 Mo 2 O 7已被广泛认为是结晶有序的唯一的最近邻磁交换相互作用,J.为了测试这一论断,我们提出了X射线吸收精细结构的结果为Mo和Y K边缘作为温度的函数,并将它们与结果从有序的烧绿石,Tl 2 Mn 2 O 7。我们发现Mo-Mo对的距离在与Y-Mo对近似成直角的方向上是显著无序的。这些结果强烈表明,晶格无序成核的自旋玻璃相在这种材料中。
Valence bond crystal in a pyrochlore antiferromagnet with orbital degeneracy
本文讨论了三重轨道简并$S=1/2$磁性离子的烧绿石晶格的基态。我们推导出一个有效的自旋轨道哈密顿量,并表明轨道自由度可以调制自旋交换,消除无限自旋简并烧绿石结构的特点。由此产生的状态是自旋单重态二聚体的集合,由于它们的相对取向而具有残余简并性。后者被磁弹性相互作用提升,在自旋单态相空间中诱导,迫使四重态畸变。这种理论为在B-尖晶石MgTi $_2$ O $_4$中观察到的螺旋自旋单态模式提供了解释。
We present the results of an exact diagonalization study of the spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a two-dimensional version of the pyrochlore lattice, also known as the square lattice with crossings or the checkerboard lattice. Examining the low energy spectra for systems of up to 24 spins, we find that all clusters studied have non-degenerate ground states with total spin zero, and big energy gaps to states with higher total spin. We also find a large number of non-magnetic excitations at energies within this spin gap. Spin-spin and spin-Peierls correlation functions appear to be short-r…