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Suppressed-moment 2-k order in the canonical frustrated antiferromagnet Gd2Ti2O7

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Authors

Ehlers, G 
Gardner, JS 
Petrenko, OA 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pIn partially ordered magnets, order and disorder coexist in the same magnetic phase, distinct from both spin liquids and spin solids. Here, we determine the nature of partial magnetic ordering in the canonical frustrated antiferromagnet Gdjats:sub2</jats:sub>Tijats:sub2</jats:sub>Ojats:sub7</jats:sub>, in which Gdjats:sup3+</jats:sup> spins occupy a pyrochlore lattice. Using single-crystal neutron-diffraction measurements in applied magnetic field, magnetic symmetry analysis, inelastic neutron-scattering measurements, and spin-wave modeling, we show that its low-temperature magnetic structure involves two propagation vectors (2-jats:boldk</jats:bold> structure) with suppressed ordered magnetic moments and enhanced spin-wave fluctuations. Our experimental results are consistent with theoretical predictions of thermal fluctuation-driven order in Gdjats:sub2</jats:sub>Tijats:sub2</jats:sub>Ojats:sub7</jats:sub>, and reveal that inelastic neutron-scattering measurements on powder samples can solve the longstanding problem of distinguishing single-jats:boldk</jats:bold> and multi-jats:boldk</jats:bold> magnetic structures.</jats:p>

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Funder: DOE | LDRD | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/100006228


Funder: University of Cambridge | Churchill College, University of Cambridge; doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000742


Funder: European Research Council, 279705


Funder: RCUK | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000271


Funder: NSF-DMR-1157490, State of Florida, U.S. Department of Energy


Funder: European Research Council (Ref: 279705)

Keywords

51 Physical Sciences, 5103 Classical Physics, 5104 Condensed Matter Physics

Journal Title

npj Quantum Materials

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Journal ISSN

2397-4648
2397-4648

Volume Title

6

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (EP/G004528/2, EP/G004528/2)