Characterization of the Dilute Ising Antiferromagnet
Abstract
A spin glass is a magnetic ground state in which ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic exchange interactions compete, thereby creating frustration and a multidegenerate state with no long range order. An Ising system is a system where the spins are constrained to lie parallel or antiparallel to a primary axis. There has been much theoretical interest in the past ten years in the effects of applying a magnetic field transverse to the primary axis in an Ising spin glass at low temperatures and thus study phase transitions at the T=0 limit. The focus of this study is to search for and characterize a new Ising spin glass system. This is accomplished by site diluting yttrium for terbium in the crystalline material TbNi 2Ge 2. The first part of this work gives a brief overview of the physics of rare earth magnetism and an overview of experimental characteristics of spin glasses. This is followed by the methodology used to manufacture the large single crystals used in this study, as well as the measurement techniques used. Next, a summary of the results of magnetic measurements on across the dilution series from pure terbium to pure yttrium is presented. This is followed by detailed measurementsmore »
- Authors:
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- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 764680
- Report Number(s):
- IS-T 1910
TRN: US0100415
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-82
- Resource Type:
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: TH: Thesis; PBD: 12 Sep 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; GROUND STATES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RARE EARTHS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SPIN GLASS STATE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
Citation Formats
Wiener, Timothy. Characterization of the Dilute Ising Antiferromagnet. United States: N. p., 2000.
Web. doi:10.2172/764680.
Wiener, Timothy. Characterization of the Dilute Ising Antiferromagnet. United States. doi:10.2172/764680.
Wiener, Timothy. Tue .
"Characterization of the Dilute Ising Antiferromagnet". United States.
doi:10.2172/764680. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/764680.
@article{osti_764680,
title = {Characterization of the Dilute Ising Antiferromagnet},
author = {Wiener, Timothy},
abstractNote = {A spin glass is a magnetic ground state in which ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic exchange interactions compete, thereby creating frustration and a multidegenerate state with no long range order. An Ising system is a system where the spins are constrained to lie parallel or antiparallel to a primary axis. There has been much theoretical interest in the past ten years in the effects of applying a magnetic field transverse to the primary axis in an Ising spin glass at low temperatures and thus study phase transitions at the T=0 limit. The focus of this study is to search for and characterize a new Ising spin glass system. This is accomplished by site diluting yttrium for terbium in the crystalline material TbNi2Ge2. The first part of this work gives a brief overview of the physics of rare earth magnetism and an overview of experimental characteristics of spin glasses. This is followed by the methodology used to manufacture the large single crystals used in this study, as well as the measurement techniques used. Next, a summary of the results of magnetic measurements on across the dilution series from pure terbium to pure yttrium is presented. This is followed by detailed measurements on particular dilutions which demonstrate spin glass behavior. Pure TbNi2Ge2 is an Ising antiferromagnet with a several distinct metamagnetic states below 17 K. As the terbium is alloyed with yttrium, these magnetic states are weakened in a consistent manner, as is seen in measurements of the transition temperatures and analysis of Curie-Weiss behavior at high temperature. At low concentrations of terbium, below 35%, long range order is no longer present and a spin-glass-like state emerges. This state is studied through various measurements, dc and ac susceptibility, resistivity, and specific heat. This magnetic behavior was then compared to that of other well characterized spin glasses. It is concluded that there is a region of concentration s for which a spin glass state is formed with the best spin glasses existing between the concentration of 25% and 30%.},
doi = {10.2172/764680},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2000},
month = {Tue Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2000}
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