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LiGa $_{0.95}$中的经典自旋向列相转变

Classical Spin Nematic Transition in LiGa$_{0.95}$In$_{0.05}$Cr$_4$O$_8$

R. Wawrzyńczak, Y. Tanaka, M. Yoshida, Y. Okamoto, P. Manuel, N. Casati, Z. Hiroi, M. Takigawa, G. J. Nilsen

摘要:

本文报道了LiGa $_{0.95}$ In $_{0.05}$ Cr $_4$ O $_8$的$^7$ Li NMR和衍射研究结果,它是LiGa $_{1-x}$ In $_{x}$ Cr $_4$ O $_8$“呼吸”烧绿石家族的一员.通过比热和核磁共振测量,我们发现在$T_f=11$ K下观察到的$x=0$的复杂的一级跃迁序列被一个单一的、明显的二级跃迁所取代。中子和X射线衍射排除了结构对称性降低和磁长程有序作为这种转变的起源。相反,反向蒙特卡罗拟合的磁漫散射表明,低温相可以被描述为一个共线的自旋π态,其特征在于由四极序参数。这种状态也显示了四面体上共线自旋排列之间的短程有序的迹象,这是通过将反向蒙特卡罗自旋配置映射到一个三态颜色模型上来揭示的。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a combined $^7$Li NMR and diffraction study on LiGa$_{0.95}$In$_{0.05}$Cr$_4$O$_8$, a member of LiGa$_{1-x}$In$_{x}$Cr$_4$O$_8$ "breathing" pyrochlore family. Via specific heat and NMR measurements, we find that the complex sequence of first-order transitions observed for $x=0$ is replaced by a single, apparently second-order transition at $T_f=11$ K. Neutron and X-ray diffraction rule out both structural symmetry lowering and magnetic long-range order as the origin of this transition. Instead, reverse Monte Carlo fitting of the magnetic diffuse scattering indicates that the low temperature phase may be described as a collinear spin nematic state, characterized by a quadrupolar order parameter. This state also shows signs of short range order between collinear spin arrangements on tetrahedra, revealed by mapping the reverse Monte Carlo spin configurations onto a three-state color model describing the manifold of nematic states.

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