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烧绿石反铁磁体Er2Ti2O7的磁序、磁关联和自旋动力学

Magnetic order, magnetic correlations and spin dynamics in the pyrochlore antiferromagnet Er2Ti2O7

P. Dalmas de Reotier, A. Yaouanc, Y. Chapuis, S. H. Curnoe, B. Grenier, E. Ressouche, C. Marin, J. Lago, C. Baines, S. R. Giblin

摘要:

Er_2Ti_2O_7被认为是XY反铁磁体在共角正四面体阻挫晶格上的实现。它是作为一个例子的有序无序机制,其中波动解除简并的基态,导致有序状态。在这里,我们报告的详细测量的Er2Ti2O7的低温磁性能,它显示了一个二级相变在T_N \simeq 1.2 K与共存的短期和长程序。磁化率的研究表明,没有自旋玻璃般的不可逆效应。热容量的测量表明,顺磁临界指数是典型的3维XY磁体,而低温比热设置的上限上可能的自旋间隙值,并提供了一个估计的自旋波速度。μ子自旋弛豫测量表明存在的自旋动力学在纳秒的时间尺度下降到21 mK。该时间范围是表征Tb2Sn2O7中的自旋动力学的较短时间(其也显示长范围和短范围磁序)与常规磁体的典型时间尺度之间的中间值。因此,基态的特点是奇异的自旋动力学。通过拟合两个倒易晶格平面的顺磁中子散射强度,确定了四面体中自旋受限的自旋哈密顿量的参数。这些数据被记录在温度区域中,其中相关性仅限于最近邻的假设是公平的。

英文摘要:

Er2Ti2O7 is believed to be a realization of an XY antiferromagnet on a frustrated lattice of corner-sharing regular tetrahedra. It is presented as an example of the order-by-disorder mechanism in which fluctuations lift the degeneracy of the ground state, leading to an ordered state. Here we report detailed measurements of the low temperature magnetic properties of Er2Ti2O7, which displays a second-order phase transition at T_N \simeq 1.2 K with coexisting short- and long-range orders. Magnetic-susceptibility studies show that there is no spin-glass-like irreversible effect. Heat-capacity measurements reveal that the paramagnetic critical exponent is typical of a 3-dimensional XY magnet while the low-temperature specific heat sets an upper limit on the possible spin-gap value and provides an estimate for the spin-wave velocity. Muon spin relaxation measurements show the presence of spin dynamics in the nanosecond time scale down to 21 mK. This time range is intermediate between the shorter time characterizing the spin dynamics in Tb2Sn2O7, which also displays long- and short-range magnetic order, and the time scale typical of conventional magnets. Hence the ground state is characterized by exotic spin dynamics. We determine the parameters of a symmetry-dictated Hamiltonian restricted to the spins in a tetrahedron, by fitting the paramagnetic diffuse neutron scattering intensity for two reciprocal lattice planes. These data are recorded in a temperature region where the assumption that the correlations are limited to nearest neighbors is fair.

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