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Title: Heat capacity of the site-diluted spin dimer system Ba₃(Mn1-xVx)₂O₈

Abstract

Heat-capacity and susceptibility measurements have been performed on the diluted spin dimer compound Ba₃(Mn1-xVx)₂O₈. The parent compound Ba₃Mn₂O₈ is a spin dimer system based on pairs of antiferromagnetically coupled S=1, 3d² Mn⁵⁺ ions such that the zero-field ground state is a product of singlets. Substitution of nonmagnetic S=0, 3d⁰ V⁵⁺ ions leads to an interacting network of unpaired Mn moments, the low-temperature properties of which are explored in the limit of small concentrations 0≤x≤0.05. The zero-field heat capacity of this diluted system reveals a progressive removal of magnetic entropy over an extended range of temperatures, with no evidence for a phase transition. The concentration dependence does not conform to expectations for a spin-glass state. Rather, the data suggest a low-temperature random singlet phase, reflecting the hierarchy of exchange energies found in this system.

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Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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Journal Name: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Journal Volume: 84 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
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American Physical Society
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United States
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Samulon, E. C., Shapiro, M. C., and Fisher, I. R.. Heat capacity of the site-diluted spin dimer system Ba₃(Mn1-xVx)₂O₈. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.054417.
Samulon, E. C., Shapiro, M. C., & Fisher, I. R.. Heat capacity of the site-diluted spin dimer system Ba₃(Mn1-xVx)₂O₈. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.054417
Samulon, E. C., Shapiro, M. C., and Fisher, I. R.. Fri . "Heat capacity of the site-diluted spin dimer system Ba₃(Mn1-xVx)₂O₈". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.054417.
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title = {Heat capacity of the site-diluted spin dimer system Ba₃(Mn1-xVx)₂O₈},
author = {Samulon, E. C. and Shapiro, M. C. and Fisher, I. R.},
abstractNote = {Heat-capacity and susceptibility measurements have been performed on the diluted spin dimer compound Ba₃(Mn1-xVx)₂O₈. The parent compound Ba₃Mn₂O₈ is a spin dimer system based on pairs of antiferromagnetically coupled S=1, 3d² Mn⁵⁺ ions such that the zero-field ground state is a product of singlets. Substitution of nonmagnetic S=0, 3d⁰ V⁵⁺ ions leads to an interacting network of unpaired Mn moments, the low-temperature properties of which are explored in the limit of small concentrations 0≤x≤0.05. The zero-field heat capacity of this diluted system reveals a progressive removal of magnetic entropy over an extended range of temperatures, with no evidence for a phase transition. The concentration dependence does not conform to expectations for a spin-glass state. Rather, the data suggest a low-temperature random singlet phase, reflecting the hierarchy of exchange energies found in this system.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.84.054417},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 5,
volume = 84,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 05 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Fri Aug 05 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
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