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Doping Dependence of Spin Dynamics in Electron-Doped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2
The spin dynamics in single crystal, electron-doped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 has been
investigated by inelastic neutron scattering over the full range from undoped
to the overdoped regime. We observe damped magnetic fluctuations in the normal
state of the optimally doped compound (x=0.06) that share a remarkable
similarity with those in the paramagnetic state of the parent compound (x=0).
In the overdoped superconducting compound (x=0.14), magnetic excitations show a
gap-like behavior, possibly related to a topological change in the hole Fermi
surface (Lifshitz transition), while the imaginary part of the spin
susceptibility prominently resembles that of the overdoped cuprates. For the
heavily overdoped, non-superconducting compound (x=0.24) the magnetic
scattering disappears, which could be attributed to the absence of a hole
Fermi-surface pocket observed by photoemission.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, published versio
Charge order, dynamics, and magneto-structural transition in multiferroic LuFeO
We investigated the series of temperature and field-driven transitions in
LuFeO by optical and M\"{o}ssbauer spectroscopies, magnetization, and
x-ray scattering in order to understand the interplay between charge,
structure, and magnetism in this multiferroic material. We demonstrate that
charge fluctuation has an onset well below the charge ordering transition,
supporting the "order by fluctuation" mechanism for the development of charge
order superstructure. Bragg splitting and large magneto optical contrast
suggest a low temperature monoclinic distortion that can be driven by both
temperature and magnetic field.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, PRL in prin
Competition and coexistence of antiferromagnetism and superconductivity in underdoped Ba(Fe0.953Co0.047)2As2
Neutron and x-ray diffraction studies show that the simultaneous first-order
transition to an orthorhombic and antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordered state in
BaFe2As2 splits into two transitions with Co doping. For
Ba(Fe0.953Co0.047)2As2, a tetragonal-orthorhombic transition occurs at TS = 60
K, followed by a second-order transition to AFM order at TN = 47 K.
Superconductivity (SC) occurs in the orthorhombic state below TC = 15 K and
coexists with AFM. Below TC, the static Fe moment is reduced and a 4 meV spin
gap develops indicating competition between coexisting SC and AFM order.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figure
Revisiting the ground state of CoAlO: comparison to the conventional antiferromagnet MnAlO
The A-site spinel material, CoAl2O4, is a physical realization of the
frustrated diamond-lattice antiferromagnet, a model in which is predicted to
contain unique incommensurate or `spin-spiral liquid' ground states. Our
previous single-crystal neutron scattering study instead classified it as a
`kinetically-inhibited' antiferromagnet, where the long ranged correlations of
a collinear Neel ground state are blocked by the freezing of domain wall motion
below a first-order phase transition at T* = 6.5 K. The current paper expands
on our original results in several important ways. New elastic and inelastic
neutron measurements are presented that show our initial conclusions are
affected by neither the sample measured nor the instrument resolution, while
measurements to temperatures as low as T = 250 mK limit the possible role being
played by low-lying thermal excitations. Polarized diffuse neutron measurements
confirm reports of short-range antiferromagnetic correlations and diffuse
streaks of scattering, but major diffuse features are explained as signatures
of overlapping critical correlations between neighboring Brillouin zones.
Finally, and critically, this paper presents detailed elastic and inelastic
measurements of magnetic correlations in a single-crystal of MnAl2O4, which
acts as an unfrustrated analogue to CoAl2O4. The unfrustrated material is shown
to have a classical continuous phase transition to Neel order at T_N = 39 K,
with collective spinwave excitations and Lorentzian-like critical correlations
which diverge at the transition. Direct comparison between the two compounds
indicates that CoAl2O4 is unique, not in the nature of high-temperature diffuse
correlations, but rather in the nature of the frozen state below T*. The higher
level of cation inversion in the MnAl2O4 sample indicates that this novel
behavior is primarily an effect of greater next-nearest-neighbor exchange.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, acccepted for publication in Physical Review
Unusual giant magnetostriction in the ferrimagnet GdCaMnO
We report an unusual giant linear magnetostrictive effect in the ferrimagnet
GdCaMnO (80 K). Remarkably, the
magnetostriction, negative at high temperature (), becomes
positive below 15 K when the magnetization of the Gd sublattice overcomes the
magnetization of the Mn sublattice. A rather simple model where the magnetic
energy competes against the elastic energy gives a good account of the observed
results and confirms that Gd plays a crucial role in this unusual observation.
Unlike previous works in manganites where only striction associated with 3
Mn orbitals is considered, our results show that the lanthanide 4 orbitals
related striction can be very important too and it cannot be disregarded.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Antiferromagnetic Order in MnO Spherical Nanoparticles
We have performed unpolarized and polarized neutron diffraction experiments
on monodisperse 8 nm and 13 nm antiferromagnetic MnO nanoparticles. For the 8
nm sample, the antiferromagnetic transition temperature (114 K) is
suppressed compared to the bulk material (119 K) while for the 13 nm sample
(120 K) is comparable to the bulk. The neutron diffraction data of the
nanoparticles is well described using the bulk MnO magnetic structure but with
a substantially reduced average magnetic moment of 4.20.3 /Mn for
the 8 nm sample and 3.90.2 /Mn for the 13 nm sample. An analysis of
the polarized neutron data on both samples shows that in an individual MnO
nanoparticle about 80 of Mn ions order. These results can be explained by a
structure in which the monodisperse nanoparticles studied here have a core that
behaves similar to the bulk with a surface layer which does not contribute
significantly to the magnetic order.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Quantum critical behavior in the heavy Fermion single crystal Ce(NiPd)Ge
We have performed magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, resistivity, and
inelastic neutron scattering measurements on a single crystal of the heavy
Fermion compound Ce(NiPd)Ge, which is believed to
be close to a quantum critical point (QCP) at T = 0. At lowest
temperature(1.8-3.5 K), the magnetic susceptibility behaves as with m/mole
(0.0025 emu/mole). For 1 K, the specific heat can be fit to the formula
with of order 700 mJ/mole-K.
The resistivity behaves as for temperatures below 2
K. This low temperature behavior for and is in accord
with the SCR theory of Moriya and Takimoto\cite{Moriya}. The inelastic neutron
scattering spectra show a broad peak near 1.5 meV that appears to be
independent of ; we interpret this as Kondo scattering with 17 K. In
addition, the scattering is enhanced near =(1/2, 1/2, 0) with maximum
scattering at = 0.45 meV; we interpret this as scattering from
antiferromagnetic fluctuations near the antiferromagnetic QCP.Comment: to be published in J. Phys: Conference Serie
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