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Title: Spin dynamics in pressure-induced magnetically ordered phases in ( C 4 H 12 N 2 ) Cu 2 Cl 6

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Lab. for Solid State Physics. Neutron Scattering and Magnetism
  2. ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Lab. for Solid State Physics. Neutron Scattering and Magnetism; National Inst. of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (NICPB), Tallinn (Estonia)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division

In this paper, we present inelastic neutron-scattering experiments on the S=1/2 frustrated gapped quantum magnet piperazinium hexachlorodicuprate (PHCC) under applied hydrostatic pressure. These results show that at 9 kbar the magnetic triplet excitations in the system are gapless, contrary to what was previously reported. Our results are in agreement with recent muon-spin relaxation experiments which found magnetic order above a quantum-critical point at 4.3 kbar. Finally, we show that the changes in the excitation spectrum can be primarily attributed to the change in a single exchange pathway.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); ETH Zurich (Switzerland); European Union (EU); Estonian Ministry of Education; Estonian Research Council
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1265623
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1209192
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 5; ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 15 works
Citation information provided by
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Dynamics and field-induced order in the layered spin S = 1 / 2 dimer system ( C 5 H 6 N 2 F ) 2 CuCl 4 journal July 2019
High-pressure Raman study of the quantum magnet ( C 4 H 12 N 2 ) Cu 2 Cl 6 journal November 2017
Quantum criticality in a three-dimensional spin system at zero field and pressure journal October 2017
Interplay of Spin and Spatial Anisotropy in Low-Dimensional Quantum Magnets with Spin 1/2 journal December 2018