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Title: Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated J 1 - J 2 zigzag chain system BaTb 2 O 4

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:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [2];  [3]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  3. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  5. 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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