Planar XY magnetic glass state in the Gd2ScNbO7 pyrochlore

Mauws, C.; Beare, J.; Rutherford, M. R.; Su, Y.; Sharma, S.; Nugent, M.; Lee, M. K.; Chang, L. J.; Dunsiger, S. R.; Gardner, J. S.; Luke, G. M.; Wiebe, C. R.

doi:10.1088/1361-648x/ad7771

Title: Planar XY magnetic glass state in the Gd₂ScNbO₇ pyrochlore

Journal Article · 27 September 2024 · Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648x/ad7771 · OSTI ID:2476600

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Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Canada); University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB (Canada)
McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada)
Juelich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Garching (Germany)
National Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan City (Taiwan)
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC (Canada)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada); TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Canada); University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB (Canada); McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada); Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)

Here a spin glass system with emergent planar ordered spin clusters is investigated. The mixed B-site pyrochlore Gd₂ScNbO₇ has been synthesized and characterized through a variety of techniques, including x-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, muon spin relaxation, heat capacity and neutron scattering. Despite a Curie–Weiss temperature of -3.93(3) K, indicating net antiferromagnetic interactions, no signs of long ranged magnetic ordering are found down to T = 0.3 K. Instead, a disordered magnetic state emerges with a small correlation length of 2.1(1) Å of single tetrahedra. A Reverse Monte Carlo analysis of the polarized neutron scattering data reveals short-range antiferromagnetic order with emergent XY spin ordering similar to the parent pyrochlore compounds. Muon spin relaxation, and AC susceptibility measurements confirm that the magnetization condenses into a glass, with 10 % of the potential entropy missing in the specific heat. This magnetic ground state is similar to what is observed in Gd₂Sn₂O₇ just above the ordering temperature, without the eventual long-range ordering at low temperature.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2476600

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 50 Vol. 36; ISSN 0953-8984

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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