The pseudo-one dimensional brannerite type compound CoV2O6 has been studied by magnetisation and heat capacity measurements in the temperature range 1.8 < T < 300 K and in applied fields of up to 9 T. Our measurements show an unusual balance of exchange interactions (CW= 2.8(2) K) and a single antiferromagnetic transition at TN = 7 K. M(H) isotherms recorded below 5 K show a metamagnetic transition and a 1/3 magnetisation plateau. From 5-7 K, only the metamagnetic transition is observed. For T < TN < ~ 25 K, our heat capacity and magnetisation measurements show evidence for strong low dimensional ferromagnetic fluctuations. We propose a simple phase diagram, discuss the principle features and emphasise the importance of Ising anisotropy.
Heavy fermion (HF) materials exhibit a rich array of phenomena due to the strong Kondo coupling between their localized moments and itinerant electrons. A central question in their study is to understand the interplay between magnetic order and charge transport, and its role in stabilizing new quantum phases of matter. Particularly promising in this regard is a family of tetragonal intermetallic compounds Ce{$TX$}$_2$ ($T=$ transition metal, $X=$ pnictogen), that includes a variety of HF compounds showing $T$-linear electronic specific heat $\bf{C_e \sim γT}$, with $γ\sim$ 20-500 mJ$\cdot$mol$…
Sr4Ru3O10 is a Ruddlesden-Popper compound with triple Ru-O perovskite layers separated by Sr-O alkali layers. This compound presents a rare coexistence of interlayer (c-axis) ferromagnetism and intralayer (basal-plane) metamagnetism at ambient pressure. Here we report the observation of pressure-induced, intralayer itinerant antiferromagnetism arising from the interlayer ferromagnetism. The application of modest hydrostatic pressure generates an anisotropy that causes a flattening and a tilting of RuO6 octahedra. All magnetic and transport results from this study indicate these lattice distort…
To solve the puzzle of metamagnetic phenomena in heavy fermion systems, we have compared paramagnetic isostructural Ce and Yb systems, CeNi$_2$Ge$_2$ and YbNi$_2$Ge$_2$, both of which are located near a magnetic instability. The most intriguing result is discovery of a metamagnetic-like transition in both systems from magnetization measurements in a pulsed magnetic fields. This is the first observation of the metamagnetism for isomorphic Ce and Yb paramagnetic systems. Similar to other metamagnets, the metamagnetic transition fields for both compounds are well scaled by the temperature $T_χ^{\…
The recent discoveries of proximate quantum spin-liquid compounds and their potential application in quantum computing informs the search for new candidate materials for quantum spin-ice and spin-liquid physics. While the majority of such work has centered on members of the pyrochlore family due to their inherently frustrated linked tetrahedral structure, the rare-earth pyrogermanates also show promise for possible frustrated magnetic behavior. With the familiar stoichiometry $RE_2$Ge$_2$O$_7$, these compounds generally have tetragonal symmetry with a rare-earth sublattice built of a spiral of…
We report the synthesis and characterization of a new quantum magnet [2-[Bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)aminomethyl]pyridine]Ni(II)-trimer (BHAP-Ni3) in single-crystalline form. Our combined experimental and theoretical investigations reveal an exotic spin state that stabilizes a robust 2/3 magnetization plateau between 7 and 20 T in an external magnetic field. AC-susceptibility measurements show the absence of any magnetic order/glassy state down to 60 mK. The magnetic ground state is disordered and specific-heat measurements reveal the gapped nature of the spin excitations. Most interestingly, our theo…
CeRh$_3$Si$_2$ has been reported to exhibit metamagnetic transitions below 5~K, a giant crystal field splitting, and anisotropic magnetic properties from single crystal magnetization and heat capacity measurements. Here we report results of neutron and x-ray scattering studies of the magnetic structure and crystal-field excitations to further understand the magnetism of this compound. Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) reveal a $J_z$\,=\,1/2 groundstate for Ce when considering the crystallographic $a$ direction as quantization axis, thus explainin…
The Heisenberg model on a face center cubic (fcc) lattice is a typical three-dimensional frustrated spin system expected to have magnetization plateaus and supersolid phases. There are model compounds $A_2$CoTeO$_6$ ($A$ = Ca, Sr, Pb) for the fcc lattice but with lattice distortions. Motivated by the presence of the compounds, we investigate the ground state of the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a tetragonally distorted fcc lattice in the magnetic field using a large-size cluster mean-field method for the sake of finding new supersolid phases. We find five supersolid phases in …
The rare-earth intermetallic compound Ho$_5$Sn$_3$ demonstrates fascinating magnetic properties which include temperature-driven multiple magnetic transitions and field driven metamagnetism. We address the magnetic character of this exciting compound through a combined experimental and theoretical studies. Ho$_5$Sn$_3$ orders antiferromagnetically below $~28$ K, and shows further spin reorientation transitions at 15 K and 12 K. We observe a sizable amount of low-temperature magnetocaloric effect in Ho$_5$Sn$_3$ with a maximum value of entropy change $ΔS$ = -9.5 JKg$^{-1}$K$^{-1}$ for an applie…
Emergence of partially disordered antiferromagnetism and isothermal magnetization plateau due to geometrical frustration in a metallic compound, Er2RhSi3
We measured the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility and specific heat and the magnetic-field dependence of the magnetization of CuInVO$_5$. An antiferromagnetically ordered state appears below $T_{\rm N} = 2.7$ K. We observed a $\frac{1}{2}$ quantum magnetization plateau above 30 T at 1.3 K. We show that the spin system consists of antiferromagnetic spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ tetramers with $J_1 = 240 \pm 20$ and $J_2 = -142 \pm 10$ K for the intratetramer interactions.
Despite the absence of an apparent triangular pattern in the crystal structure, we observe unusually well pronounced 1/3 magnetization plateaus in the quasi one-dimensional Ising spin chain compound CoGeO$_3$ which belongs to the class of pyroxene minerals. We succeeded in uncovering the detailed microscopic spin structure of the 1/3 magnetization plateau phase by means of neutron diffraction. We observed changes of the initial antiferromagnetic zero-field spin structure that are resembling a regular formation of antiferromagnetic "domain wall boundaries", resulting in a kind of modulated magn…
Microscopic model for the ground state, 1/3 plateau and excitations of $γ$-Mn$_3$(PO$_4$)$_2$
Bogolyubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research（博戈柳博夫理论物理实验室，核联合研究所）；Geology Faculty, Moscow State University（莫斯科大学地质系）；Physics Faculty, Moscow State University（莫斯科大学物理系）
Novel Quantum Spin Liquid States in the $S = {\frac{1}{2}}$ Three-Dimensional Compound Y$_{3}$Cu$_{2}$Sb$_{3}$O$_{14}$
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay（印度理工学院孟买分校）；Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science（印度科学培育协会）；University of Augsburg（奥格斯堡大学）；Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids（马克斯·普朗克固体化学物理研究所）；Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune（印度科学与教育研究院浦那分校）；STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory（STFC卢瑟福阿普尔顿实验室）
Frustration effects on the magnetization plateau physics in a trimerized quantum spin-1/2 chain
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul（南马托格罗索联邦大学物理研究所）；Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria（圣玛丽亚联邦大学物理系）
We report on a sequence of field-induced transitions in the zigzag ladder compound BaDy2O4 studied with powder neutron diffraction and magnetisation measurements. In agreement with the previously published results, the low temperature zero-field structure is characterised by two half-integer propagation vectors, k1=[1/2 0 1/2] and k2= 1/2 1/2 1/2]. However, on application of an external magnetic field, the Bragg peaks corresponding to the zero-field structure lose their intensity rather rapidly and disappear completely in a field of 2.5 kOe. In the intermediate fields, 2.5 to 22.5 kOe, new pea…
Magnetic excitations and the spin Hamiltonian of the spin-1 J1-J1-J2 trimer chain compound CaNi3P4O14 have been investigated by inelastic neutron scattering. Experimental data reveal gapped dispersive spin wave excitations in the 3D long-range ordered magnetic state (TC = 16 K), and gapless magnetic excitations above the TC. Simulated magnetic excitations, by using the linear spin wave theory, for a model of coupled trimer spin-chains provide a good description of the observed experimental data. The analysis reveals both ferromagnetic J1 and J2 interactions within the chains, and an antiferrom…
Quantum spin liquid (QSL) state in rare-earth triangular lattice has attracted much attention recently due to its potential application in quantum computing and communication. Here we report the single-crystal growth synthesis, crystal structure characterizations and magnetic properties of $A$YbSe$_{2}$ ($A$= K, Rb) compounds. The X-ray diffraction analysis shows that $A$YbSe$_{2}$ ($A$ = K and Rb) crystallizes in a trigonal space group, $R$-3$m$ (No. 166) with Z = 3. $A$YbSe$_{2}$ possesses a two-dimensional (2D) Yb-Se-Yb layered structure formed by edged-shared YbSe$_6$ octahedra. The magnet…
Anisotropic susceptibility of the geometrically frustrated spin-chain compound Ca3Co2O6
Ca_3Co_2O_6是一个具有一系列迷人性质的体系，包括磁化平台和在低温下非常缓慢的动力学。这些属性是密切相关的几何挫折，这是由于一个特定的组合的功能：（i）链排列在一个三角形晶格;（ii）有一个大的单轴各向异性;（iii）链内和链间耦合分别是铁磁性和反铁磁性。因此，单轴各向异性的Ca 3Co 2 O 6的物理性质的分析是一个至关重要的问题。然而，事实证明，迄今为止还没有对这种磁各向异性进行精确的研究。直接记录在单晶体上的磁化率数据的基础上，本研究报告的定量信息的各向异性的Ca 3Co 2 O 6。
Almost Perfect Frustration in the Dimer Magnet Ba$_2$CoSi$_2$O$_6$Cl$_2$
我们测定了本工作合成的Ba $_2$ CoSi $_2$ O $_6$ Cl $_2$的晶体结构，并利用单晶研究了它的量子磁性。这种化合物应该被描述为一个二维耦合自旋1/2 XY类自旋二聚体系统。Ba $_2$ CoSi $_2$ O $_6$ Cl $_2$表现出阶梯式磁化过程，在饱和磁化强度的一半处具有平台，而与场方向无关，尽管所有Co $^{2+}$位点是等效的。这表明自旋三重态是由于二聚体间交换相互作用的几乎完美的挫折而局部化的。因此，零和1/2磁化平台状态的自旋状态几乎完全由单重态二聚体的简单乘积和单重态和三重态二聚体的交替乘积分别给出。
We report a layered ternary selenide BaPt4Se6 featuring sesqui-selenide Pt2Se3 layers sandwiched by Ba atoms. The Pt2Se3 layers in this compound can be derived from the Dirac-semimetal PtSe2 phase with Se vacancies that form a honeycomb structure. This structure results in a Pt (VI) and Pt (II) mixed-valence compound with both PtSe6 octahedra and PtSe4 square net coordination configurations. Temperature dependent electrical transport measurements suggest two distinct anomalies: a resistivity crossover, mimic to the metal-insulator (M-I) transition at ~150K, and a resistivity plateau at tempera…
Spin-spin correlations and microscopic origin of net magnetization in the spin-1 trimer chain compound CaNi3P4O14 have been investigated by powder neutron diffraction. The present study reveals a 3D long-range magnetic ordering below 16 K where the magnetic structure consists of ferromagnetic trimers that are coupled ferromagnetically along the spin-chain. The moment components along the a and c axes arrange antiferromagnetically. Our study establishes that the uncompensated moment components along the b axis result in a net magnetization per unit cell. The magnetic structure, determined in th…
Reentrant behavior and possible $2/3$ magnetization plateau on the double-trillium langbeinite K$_2$Ni$_2$(SO$_4$)$_3$
Institute of Physics, University of Bonn（波恩大学物理研究所）；Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf（德累斯顿强磁场实验室（HLD-EMFL），亥姆霍兹-德累斯顿-罗斯多夫中心）；Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie（柏林亥姆霍兹材料与能源中心）；Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems and Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin（达勒姆复杂量子系统中心与柏林自由大学物理系）；Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne（洛桑联邦理工学院物理研究所量子磁性实验室）
