Neutron scattering studies of the spin-5/2 antiferromagnetic linear trimer substance SrMn3P4O14

Masashi Hase, Andreas Dönni, Kiyoshi Ozawa, Hideaki Kitazawa, Osamu Sakai, Vladimir Yu Pomjakushin, Lukas Keller, Koji Kaneko, Naoto Metoki, Kazuhisa Kakurai, Masaaki Matsuda, Tao Yang, Rihong Cong, Jianhua Lin

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Abstract

We studied the spin-5/2 antiferromagnetic (AF) linear trimer substance SrMn3P4O14 using neutron powder diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) techniques. We determined the magnetic structure below TN1 = 2.2(1) K. Ordered magnetic moments have x and z components. The angle between two neighboring moments in the trimer is 164 or 166° at 1.5 K, indicating that the intra-trimer (J1) interaction is AF as expected. The propagation vector is expressed as k = [0, ky, 0]. The value of ky is 0.317 at 1.5 K, indicating an incommensurate magnetic structure. The value of ky changes abruptly between 1.7 and 1.8 K and reaches values close to 0.33 above 1.8 K, indicating another phase transition at TN2 = 1.75(5) K. We observed plural magnetic excitations. The peak positions are 0.46, 0.68 and 1.02 meV. Our INS results are consistent with those expected in the trimer model. We evaluated the J 1 value as 0.29 meV (3.4 K).

Original languageEnglish
Article number012066
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume340
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event5th European Conference on Neutron Scattering, ECNS 2011 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: Jul 17 2011Jul 21 2011

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science23740247, 22013022

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