Magnetic Excitation Spectrum of Two New Rare Earth Pyrochlores

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The aim of the proposed experiment is to explore the magnetic behavior of the new rare earth Pyrochlores Pr2Hf2O7 and Nd2Hf2O7 by using CNCS to measure their magnetic scattering. Both compounds promise interesting new physics. Pr2Hf2O7 may realise the long-sought-after quantum spin ice state expected for Pr3+ on a Pyrochlore lattice. This compound shows complete absence of long-range magnetic order despite substantial spin correlations revealed by AC susceptibility which verify a spin liquid ground state. In contrast,Nd2Hf2O7 develops long-range magnetic order with an all-in-all-out magnetic structure revealing that the magnetic interactions are antiferromagnetic rather than ferromagnetic as found in spin ice. Here strong diffuse scattering is also expected due to the highly suppressed ordered moment.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.67775882
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/67775882
Provenance
Creator Dr Nazmul Islam; Dr Bella Lake; Mr Alexandros Samartzis; Dr Vivek Kumar Anand; Dr Rob Bewley
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-12-07T10:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-12-17T10:00:00Z