Dimensional evolution of spin correlations in the magnetic pyrochlore Yb2Ti2O7

K.A. Ross...[et al.]; LR Yaraskavitch; M. Laver

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.174442

Dimensional evolution of spin correlations in the magnetic pyrochlore Yb₂Ti₂O₇

K.A. Ross...[et al.], LR Yaraskavitch, M. Laver

Niels Bohr Institutet - Afd.

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Abstract

The pyrochlore material Yb₂Ti₂O₇ displays unexpected quasi-two-dimensional (2D) magnetic correlations within a cubic lattice environment at low temperatures, before entering an exotic disordered ground state below T=265 mK. We report neutron scattering measurements of the thermal evolution of the 2D spin correlations in space and time. Short-range three-dimensional (3D) spin correlations develop below 400 mK, accompanied by a suppression in the quasielastic (QE) scattering below ∼0.2 meV. These show a slowly fluctuating ground state with spins correlated over short distances within a kagome-triangular-kagome (KTK) stack along [111], which evolves to isolated kagome spin stars at higher temperatures. Furthermore, low-temperature specific heat results indicate a sample dependence to the putative transition temperature that is bounded by 265 mK, which we discuss in the context of recent mean field theoretical analysis.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Physical Review B
Vol/bind	84
Udgave nummer	17
Sider (fra-til)	174442
ISSN	2469-9950
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.174442
Status	Udgivet - 30 nov. 2011

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Dimensional evolution of spin correlations in the magnetic pyrochlore Yb2Ti2O7

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