48 research outputs found

    Interplay between different states in heavy fermion physics

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    Calorimetry experiments under high pressure were used to clarify the interplay between different states such as superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in CeRhIn5, spin density wave and large moment antiferromagnetism in URu2Si2. Evidences are given on the re-entrance of antiferromagnetism under magnetic field in the superconducting phase of CeRhIn5 up to pc = 2.5 GPa where the Neel temperature will collapse in the absence of superconductivity. For URu2Si2 measurements up to 10 GPa support strongly the coexistence of spin density wave and large moment antiferromagnetism at high pressures.Comment: 6 pages, 9 figures, presented at ICM200

    Heat Conduction and Magnetic Phase Behavior in Electron-Doped Ca_{1-x} La_x MnO_3(0 <= x <= 0.2)

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    Measurements of thermal conductivity (kappa) vs temperature are reported for a series of Ca_{1-x} La_x MnO_3(0 <= x <= 0.2) specimens. For the undoped (x=0), G-type antiferromagnetic compound a large enhancement of kappa below the Neel temperature (T_N ~ 125 K) indicates a strong coupling of heat-carrying phonons to the spin system. This enhancement exhibits a nonmonotonic behavior with increasing x and correlates remarkably well with the small ferromagnetic component of the magnetization reported previously [Neumeier and Cohn, Phys. Rev. B 61 14319 (2000).] Magnetoelastic polaron formation appears to underly the behavior of kappa and the magnetization at x <= 0.02.Comment: submitted to PRB; 4 pp., 4 Fig.'s, RevTex

    Field-induced segregation of ferromagnetic nano-domains in Pr0.5_{0.5}Sr0.5_{0.5}MnO3_3, detected by 55^{55}Mn NMR

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    The antiferromagnetic manganite Pr0.5_{0.5}Sr0.5_{0.5}MnO3_3 was investigated at low temperature by means of magnetometry and 55^{55}Mn NMR. A field-induced transition to a ferromagnetic state is detected by magnetization measurements at a threshold field of a few tesla. NMR shows that the ferromagnetic phase develops from zero field by the nucleation of microscopic ferromagnetic domains, consisting of an inhomogeneous mixture of tilted and fully aligned parts. At the threshold the NMR spectrum changes discontinuously into that of a homogeneous, fully aligned, ferromagnetic state, suggesting a percolative origin for the ferromagnetic transition.Comment: Latex 2.09 language. 4 pages, 3 figures, 23 references. Submitted to physical Review

    Effect of Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction on the Relaxation in Amorphous Solids

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    Recently it has been experimentally demonstrated that certain glasses display an unexpected magnetic field dependence of the dielectric constant. In particular, the echo technique experiments have shown that the echo amplitude depends on the magnetic field. The analysis of these experiments results in the conclusion that the effect seems to be related to the nuclear degrees of freedom of tunneling systems. The interactions of a nuclear quadrupole electrical moment with the crystal field and of a nuclear magnetic moment with magnetic field transform the two-level tunneling systems inherent in amorphous dielectrics into many-level tunneling systems. The fact that these features show up at temperatures T<100mKT<100mK, where the properties of amorphous materials are governed by the long-range R3R^{-3} interaction between tunneling systems, suggests that this interaction is responsible for the magnetic field dependent relaxation. We have developed a theory of many-body relaxation in an ensemble of interacting many-level tunneling systems and show that the relaxation rate is controlled by the magnetic field. The results obtained correlate with the available experimental data. Our approach strongly supports the idea that the nuclear quadrupole interaction is just the key for understanding the unusual behavior of glasses in a magnetic field.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figure

    Inhomogeneous magnetism in La-doped CaMnO3. (I) Nanometric-scale spin clusters and long-range spin canting

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    Neutron measurements on Ca{1-x}La{x}MnO3 (0.00 <= x <= 0.20) reveal the development of a liquid-like spatial distribution of magnetic droplets of average size ~10 Angstroms, the concentration of which is proportional to x (one cluster per ~60 doped electrons). In addition, a long-range ordered ferromagnetic component is observed for ~0.05 < x < ~0.14. This component is perpendicularly coupled to the simple G-type antiferromagnetic (G-AFM) structure of the undoped compound, which is a signature of a G-AFM + FM spin-canted state. The possible relationship between cluster formation and the stabilization of a long-range spin-canting for intermediate doping is discussed.Comment: Submitted to Physical Review

    Ultrasonic evidence of an uncorrelated cluster formation temperature in manganites with first-order magnetic transition at T_C

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    Ultrasonic attenuation and phase velocity measurements have been carried out in the ferromagnetic perovskites La_{2/3}Ca_{1/3}MnO_3 and La_{2/3}Sr_{1/3}MnO_3. Data show that the transition at the Curie temperature, T_C, changes from first- to second-order as Sr replaces Ca in the perovskite. The compound with first-order transition shows also another transition at a temperature T* > T_C. We interpret the temperature window T_C < T < T* as a region of coexistence of a phase separated regime of metallic and insulating regions, in the line of recent theoretical proposals.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure

    Hole-doping dependence of percolative phase separation in Pr_(0.5-delta)Ca_(0.2+delta)Sr_(0.3)MnO_(3) around half doping

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    We address the problem of the percolative phase separation in polycrystalline samples of Pr0.5δ_{0.5-\delta}Ca0.2+δ_{0.2+\delta}Sr0.3_{0.3}MnO3_3 for 0.04δ0.04-0.04\leq \delta \leq 0.04 (hole doping nn between 0.46 and 0.54). We perform measurements of X-ray diffraction, dc magnetization, ESR, and electrical resistivity. These samples show at TCT_C a paramagnetic (PM) to ferromagnetic (FM) transition, however, we found that for n>0.50n>0.50 there is a coexistence of both of these phases below TCT_C. On lowering TT below the charge-ordering (CO) temperature TCOT_{CO} all the samples exhibit a coexistence between the FM metallic and CO (antiferromagnetic) phases. In the whole TT range the FM phase fraction (XX) decreases with increasing nn. Furthermore, we show that only for n0.50n\leq 0.50 the metallic fraction is above the critical percolation threshold XC15.5X_C\simeq 15.5%. As a consequence, these samples show very different magnetoresistance properties. In addition, for n0.50n\leq 0.50 we observe a percolative metal-insulator transition at TMIT_{MI}, and for TMI<T<TCOT_{MI}<T<T_{CO} the insulating-like behavior generated by the enlargement of XX with increasing TT is well described by the percolation law ρ1=σ(XXC)t\rho ^{-1}=\sigma \sim (X-X_C)^t, where tt is a critical exponent. On the basis of the values obtained for this exponent we discuss different possible percolation mechanisms, and suggest that a more deep understanding of geometric and dimensionality effects is needed in phase separated manganites. We present a complete TT vs nn phase diagram showing the magnetic and electric properties of the studied compound around half doping.Comment: 9 text pages + 12 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.

    Non-adiabatic small polaron hopping in the n=3 Ruddlesden-Popper compound Ca4Mn3O10

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    Magnetotransport properties of the compound Ca4Mn3O10 are interpreted in terms of activated hopping of small magnetic polarons in the non-adiabatic regime. Polarons are most likely formed around Mn3+ sites created by oxygen substoichiometry. The application of an external field reduces the size of the magnetic contribution to the hopping barrier and thus produces an increase in the conductivity .We argue that the change in the effective activation energy around TN is due to the crossover to VRH conduction as antiferromagnetic order sets in.Comment: 29 pages, 7 figure
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