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烧绿石Pr $_2$ Hf $_2$ O $_7$中的候选量子自旋冰

Candidate quantum spin ice in the pyrochlore Pr$_2$Hf$_2$O$_7$

Romain Sibille, Elsa Lhotel, Monica Ciomaga Hatnean, Geetha Balakrishnan, Björn Fåk, Nicolas Gauthier, Tom Fennell, Michel Kenzelmann

摘要:

报道了烧绿石Pr $_2$ Hf $_2$ O $_7$的低温磁性。多晶和单晶样品的飞行时间中子能谱和宏观测量,分别进行了研究。晶场分裂产生Pr $^{3+}$的非Kramers双重基态,具有Ising样各向异性。低于0.5 K的铁磁相关发展,这表明该系统进入自旋冰状态与在$μ_0H_c\sim2.4$ ~T观察到的变磁行为。在这一制度中,中子谱中的离散非弹性激发的发展表明自旋动力学的出现,这可能与合作量子涨落有关。

英文摘要:

We report the low temperature magnetic properties of the pyrochlore Pr$_2$Hf$_2$O$_7$. Polycrystalline and single-crystal samples are investigated using time-of-flight neutron spectroscopy and macroscopic measurements, respectively. The crystal-field splitting produces a non-Kramers doublet ground state for Pr$^{3+}$, with Ising-like anisotropy. Below 0.5 K ferromagnetic correlations develop, which suggests that the system enters a spin ice-like state associated with the metamagnetic behavior observed at $μ_0H_c\sim2.4$~T. In this regime, the development of a discrete inelastic excitation in the neutron spectra indicates the appearance of spin dynamics which are likely related to cooperative quantum fluctuations.

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