Study of the ground state properties of LiHoxY1-xF4 using muon spin relaxation

J. Rodriguez, A. A. Aczel, J. P. Carlo, S. R. Dunsiger, G. J. MacDougall, P. L. Russo, A. T. Savici, Y. J. Uemura, C. R. Wiebe, G. M. Luke

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Abstract

LiHoxY1-xF4 is an insulator where the magnetic Ho3+ ions have an Ising character and interact mainly through magnetic dipolar fields. We used the muon spin relaxation technique to study the nature of its ground state for samples with x≤0.25. In contrast with some previous works, we did not find canonical spin glass behavior down to ≈15mK. Instead, below ≈300mK we observed temperature-independent dynamic magnetism characterized by a single correlation time. The 300 mK energy scale corresponds to the Ho3+ hyperfine interaction strength, suggesting that this interaction may be involved in the dynamic behavior of the system.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107203
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume105
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 3 2010

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation0806846

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