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Specific heat and magnetic order in LaMnO_{3+\delta}
Magnetic and specific-heat measurements are performed in three different
samples of LaMnO_{3+\delta}, with \delta=0.11, 0.15 and 0.26, presenting
important disorder effects, such as carrier localization, due to high amounts
of La and Mn vacancies. For the samples with \delta =0.11 and 0.15, magnetic
measurements show signatures of a two-step transition: as the temperature is
lowered, the system enters a ferromagnetic phase followed by a disorder-induced
cluster-glass state. Spin-wave-like contributions and an unexpected large
linear term are observed in the specific heat as a function of temperature. In
the sample with the highest vacancy content, \delta=0.26, the disorder is
sufficient to suppress even short-range ferromagnetic order and yield a
spin-glass-like state.Comment: RevTeX 2-col, 8 pages, 5 ps figures included, submitted to PR