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Non-Collinear Magnetic Phases of a Triangular-Lattice Antiferromagnet and Doped CuFeO
We obtain the non-collinear ground states of a triangular-lattice
antiferromagnet with exchange interactions up to third nearest neighbors as a
function of the single-ion anisotropy . At a critical value of , the
collinear \uudd phase transforms into a complex non-collinear phase with
odd-order harmonics of the fundamental ordering wavevector \vQ . The observed
elastic peaks at 2\pi \vx -\vQ in both Al- and Ga- doped CuFeO are
explained by a "scalene" distortion of the triangular lattice produced by the
repulsion of neighboring oxygen atoms.Comment: 4 pages 3 figures, accepted for publication by Phys. Rev. B Rapid
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