Long-time variation of magnetic structure in (PrxLa1-x)Co2Si2: Coexistence of slow and fast processes in magnetic phase transition

Kiyoichiro Motoya, Masato Hagihala, Toru Shigeoka, Daniel Pajerowski, Masaaki Matsuda

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    Abstract

    Long-time variations of the magnetic structure in PrCo2Si2 and (Pr0.98La0.02)Co2Si2 were studied by magnetization and time-resolved neutron scattering measurements. The amplitudes of magnetic Bragg peaks showed marked time variations after cooling or heating across the magnetic transition temperature T1 between two different antiferromagnetic phases. However, the amplitude of the time variation decreased rapidly with increasing distance from T1. We analyzed the results on the basis of a phase transition model that includes the coexistence of fast and slow processes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number044707
    JournalJournal of the Physical Society of Japan
    Volume86
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 15 2017

    Funding

    We thank Saori Takagi and Masahiro Asano for their assistance in sample growth and magnetization measurements. The neutron scattering experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was supported by the US-Japan Cooperative Program on Neutron Scattering. Research conducted at ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, US Department of Energy. This work was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (No. 24540351).

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