Unexpected phase locking of magnetic fluctuations in the multi-k magnet USb

Joshua Lim; Elizabeth Blackburn; Nicola Magnani; Arno Hiess; L-P Regnault; R Caciuffo; GH Lander

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.87.064421

Unexpected phase locking of magnetic fluctuations in the multi-k magnet USb

Joshua Lim, Elizabeth Blackburn, Nicola Magnani, Arno Hiess, L-P Regnault, R Caciuffo, GH Lander

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The spin waves in the multi-k antiferromagnet USb soften and become quasielastic well below the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature TN. This occurs without a magnetic or structural transition. It has been suggested that this change is in fact due to dephasing of the different multi-k components: a switch from 3-k to 1-k behavior. In this work, we use inelastic neutron scattering with tridirectional polarization analysis to probe the quasielastic magnetic excitations and reveal that the 3-k structure does not dephase. More surprisingly, the paramagnetic correlations also maintain the same clear phase correlations well above TN (up to at least 1.4TN).

Original language	English
Article number	064421
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	87
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.064421
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2013

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Coherent magnetic diffraction from the uranium M4 edge in the multi-k magnet, USb
Lim, J., Blackburn, E., Beutier, G., Livet, F., Magnani, N., Bombardi, A., Caciuffo, R. & Lander, G. H., 27 May 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 519, 012010.
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Scattering Studies of Emergent Phenomena at Extreme Conditions of Magnetic Field and Temperature
Blackburn, E. (Principal Investigator) & Forgan, T. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council
1/07/12 → 31/12/15
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Magnetic Flux Structures and Phase Transitions in Unconventional and Conventional Superconductors
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1/04/09 → 30/09/12
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ESS Symposium - Spin Dynamics of Correlated Electron Systems
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Unexpected phase locking of magnetic fluctuations in the multi-k magnet USb

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Coherent magnetic diffraction from the uranium M4 edge in the multi-k magnet, USb

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Scattering Studies of Emergent Phenomena at Extreme Conditions of Magnetic Field and Temperature

Magnetic Flux Structures and Phase Transitions in Unconventional and Conventional Superconductors

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