A comparison of the local magnetic susceptibility in rare earth pyrochlores

S. R. Dunsiger; R. F. Kiefl; J. A. Chakhalian; K. H. Chow; J. S. Gardner; J. E. Greedan; W. A. MacFarlane; R. I. Miller; G. D. Morris; A. N. Price; N. P. Raju; J. E. Sonier

doi:10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01671-X

A comparison of the local magnetic susceptibility in rare earth pyrochlores

S. R. Dunsiger, R. F. Kiefl, J. A. Chakhalian, K. H. Chow, J. S. Gardner, J. E. Greedan, W. A. MacFarlane, R. I. Miller, G. D. Morris, A. N. Price, N. P. Raju, J. E. Sonier

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Abstract

We report transverse field muon spin rotation studies of the rare earth pyrochlores Gd₂Ti₂O₇ and Tb₂Ti₂O₇. The paramagnetic shift in the observed precession frequency depends on the local spin susceptibility and probes the contact hyperfine and dipolar fields at the muon site within these materials. The results are compared with measurements of the bulk susceptibility. While no features associated with magnetic ordering are observed down to 0.015 K, hysteretic behavior develops in Tb₂Ti₂O₇ below T = 1 K, likely due to the formation of clusters of ferromagnetically correlated spins.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	475-479
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
Volume	326
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01671-X
State	Published - Feb 2003

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Work at Los Alamos National Laboratory was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the support of the TRIUMF facility, funded by NSERC.

Keywords

Geometric frustration
Paramagnetic shift
Pyrochlore

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Dunsiger, S. R., Kiefl, R. F., Chakhalian, J. A., Chow, K. H., Gardner, J. S., Greedan, J. E., MacFarlane, W. A., Miller, R. I., Morris, G. D., Price, A. N., Raju, N. P., & Sonier, J. E. (2003). A comparison of the local magnetic susceptibility in rare earth pyrochlores. Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, 326(1-4), 475-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01671-X

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