Abstract
Frustrated magnetic materials are promising candidates for new states of matter because lattice geometry suppresses conventional magnetic dipole order, potentially allowing "hidden" order to emerge in its place. A model of a hidden-order state at the atomic scale is difficult to deduce because microscopic probes are not directly sensitive to hidden order. Here, we develop such a model of the spin-liquid state in the canonical frustrated magnet gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd3 Ga5O12 ).We show that this state exhibits a long-range hidden order in which multipoles are formed from 10-spin loops. The order is a consequence of the interplay between antiferromagnetic spin correlations and local magnetic anisotropy, which allows it to be indirectly observed in neutron-scattering experiments.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 179-181 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Science |
| Volume | 350 |
| Issue number | 6257 |
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| State | Published - Oct 9 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |