Multiple Coulomb phase in the fluoride pyrochlore CsNiCrF6
Abstract
The Coulomb phase is an idealized state of matter whose properties are determined by factors beyond conventional considerations of symmetry, including global topology, conservation laws and emergent order. In theory, Coulomb phases occur in ice-type systems such as water ice and spin ice; in dimer models; and in certain spin liquids. Yet, apart from ice-type systems, more general experimental examples are very scarce. Here we study the partly disordered material CsNiCrF6 and show that this material is a multiple Coulomb phase with signature correlations in three degrees of freedom: charge configurations, atom displacements and spin configurations. We use neutron and X-ray scattering to separate these correlations and to determine the magnetic excitation spectrum. Our results reveal how the structural and magnetic properties of apparently disordered materials may inherit, and be dictated by, a hidden symmetry—the local gauge symmetry of an underlying Coulomb phase.
- Authors:
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- Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
- Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Inst. Laue-Langevin (ILL), Grenoble (France)
- Univ. College London (UCL), London (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:
- 1506794
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 15; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1745-2473
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Fennell, T., Harris, M. J., Calder, S., Ruminy, M., Boehm, M., Steffens, P., Lemée-Cailleau, M. -H., Zaharko, O., Cervellino, A., and Bramwell, S. T. Multiple Coulomb phase in the fluoride pyrochlore CsNiCrF6. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41567-018-0309-3.
Fennell, T., Harris, M. J., Calder, S., Ruminy, M., Boehm, M., Steffens, P., Lemée-Cailleau, M. -H., Zaharko, O., Cervellino, A., & Bramwell, S. T. Multiple Coulomb phase in the fluoride pyrochlore CsNiCrF6. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0309-3
Fennell, T., Harris, M. J., Calder, S., Ruminy, M., Boehm, M., Steffens, P., Lemée-Cailleau, M. -H., Zaharko, O., Cervellino, A., and Bramwell, S. T. Mon .
"Multiple Coulomb phase in the fluoride pyrochlore CsNiCrF6". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0309-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1506794.
@article{osti_1506794,
title = {Multiple Coulomb phase in the fluoride pyrochlore CsNiCrF6},
author = {Fennell, T. and Harris, M. J. and Calder, S. and Ruminy, M. and Boehm, M. and Steffens, P. and Lemée-Cailleau, M. -H. and Zaharko, O. and Cervellino, A. and Bramwell, S. T.},
abstractNote = {The Coulomb phase is an idealized state of matter whose properties are determined by factors beyond conventional considerations of symmetry, including global topology, conservation laws and emergent order. In theory, Coulomb phases occur in ice-type systems such as water ice and spin ice; in dimer models; and in certain spin liquids. Yet, apart from ice-type systems, more general experimental examples are very scarce. Here we study the partly disordered material CsNiCrF6 and show that this material is a multiple Coulomb phase with signature correlations in three degrees of freedom: charge configurations, atom displacements and spin configurations. We use neutron and X-ray scattering to separate these correlations and to determine the magnetic excitation spectrum. Our results reveal how the structural and magnetic properties of apparently disordered materials may inherit, and be dictated by, a hidden symmetry—the local gauge symmetry of an underlying Coulomb phase.},
doi = {10.1038/s41567-018-0309-3},
journal = {Nature Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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