Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated zigzag chain system
Abstract
We have investigated polycrystalline samples of the zigzag chain system BaTb2O4 with magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, neutron powder diffraction, and muon spin relaxation measurements. No magnetic transitions are observed in the bulk measurements, while neutron diffraction reveals low-temperature, short-range, intrachain magnetic correlations between Tb3+ ions. Muon spin relaxation measurements indicate that these correlations are dynamic, as the technique detects no signatures of static magnetism down to 0.095 K. Altogether these findings provide strong evidence for a spin liquid ground state in BaTb2O4.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1210136
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1193915
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; spin liquid; frustration; neutron diffraction
Citation Formats
Aczel, A. A., Li, L., Garlea, V. O., Yan, J. -Q., Weickert, F., Zapf, V. S., Movshovich, R., Jaime, M., Baker, P. J., Keppens, V., and Mandrus, D. Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated J1-J2 zigzag chain system BaTb2O4. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.041110.
Aczel, A. A., Li, L., Garlea, V. O., Yan, J. -Q., Weickert, F., Zapf, V. S., Movshovich, R., Jaime, M., Baker, P. J., Keppens, V., & Mandrus, D. Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated J1-J2 zigzag chain system BaTb2O4. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.041110
Aczel, A. A., Li, L., Garlea, V. O., Yan, J. -Q., Weickert, F., Zapf, V. S., Movshovich, R., Jaime, M., Baker, P. J., Keppens, V., and Mandrus, D. Mon .
"Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated J1-J2 zigzag chain system BaTb2O4". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.041110. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1210136.
@article{osti_1210136,
title = {Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated J1-J2 zigzag chain system BaTb2O4},
author = {Aczel, A. A. and Li, L. and Garlea, V. O. and Yan, J. -Q. and Weickert, F. and Zapf, V. S. and Movshovich, R. and Jaime, M. and Baker, P. J. and Keppens, V. and Mandrus, D.},
abstractNote = {We have investigated polycrystalline samples of the zigzag chain system BaTb2O4 with magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, neutron powder diffraction, and muon spin relaxation measurements. No magnetic transitions are observed in the bulk measurements, while neutron diffraction reveals low-temperature, short-range, intrachain magnetic correlations between Tb3+ ions. Muon spin relaxation measurements indicate that these correlations are dynamic, as the technique detects no signatures of static magnetism down to 0.095 K. Altogether these findings provide strong evidence for a spin liquid ground state in BaTb2O4.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.92.041110},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 4,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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