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自旋单基态系统YbAl3C3的场诱导长程磁序:中子衍射研究

Field-induced long-range magnetic order in the spin-singlet ground state system YbAl3C3: Neutron diffraction study

D. D. Khalyavin, D. T. Adroja, P. Manuel, A. Daoud-Aladine, M. Kosaka, K. Kondo, K. A. McEwen, J. H. Pixley, Qimiao Si

摘要:

本文用中子衍射方法研究了外磁场中具有非磁性自旋二聚体基态的$4f$ -电子系统YbAl $_3$ C $_3$。在T=0.05K的临界场H $_C\sim $ 6 T以上,揭示了一个包含铁磁和反铁磁成分的长程磁序.磁结构表明,在低温正交相,原型六方晶格的几何挫折并没有完全解除。在零场条件下,非磁性单重态基态的稳定性主要取决于自旋阻挫对磁性有序的抑制。温度依赖的测量在所施加的字段H= 12 T显示,长程有序持续到温度显着高于自旋间隙表明,这一阶段是不直接相关的单重态-三重态激发。结合我们的中子衍射结果与先前公布的相图,我们支持存在一个中间无序相作为第一次激发从非磁性单重基态。在此基础上,我们提出YbAl $_3$ C $_3$作为研究重费米子金属在几何阻挫影响下的量子相变的新材料。

英文摘要:

The $4f$-electron system YbAl$_3$C$_3$ with a non-magnetic spin-dimer ground state has been studied by neutron diffraction in an applied magnetic field. A long-range magnetic order involving both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic components has been revealed above the critical field H$_C\sim $ 6T at temperature T=0.05K. The magnetic structure indicates that the geometrical frustration of the prototype hexagonal lattice is not fully relieved in the low-temperature orthorhombic phase. The suppression of magnetic ordering by the remanent frustration is the key factor stabilizing the non-magnetic singlet ground state in zero field. Temperature dependent measurements in the applied field H=12T revealed that the long-range ordering persists up to temperatures significantly higher than the spin gap indicating that this phase is not directly related to the singlet-triplet excitation. Combining our neutron diffraction results with the previously published phase diagram, we support the existence of an intermediate disordered phase as the first excitation from the non-magnetic singlet ground state. Based on our results, we propose YbAl$_3$C$_3$ as a new material for studying the quantum phase transitions of heavy-fermion metals under the influence of geometrical frustration.

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