Quantum spin fluctuations in the spin-liquid state of Tb₂Ti₂O₇

J Phys Condens Matter. 2012 Feb 8;24(5):052201. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/5/052201. Epub 2011 Dec 7.

Abstract

Neutron scattering experiments on a polycrystalline sample of the frustrated pyrochlore magnet Tb(2)Ti(2)O(7), which does not show any magnetic order down to 50 mK, have revealed that it shows condensation behavior below 0.4 K from a thermally fluctuating paramagnetic state to a spin-liquid ground state with quantum spin fluctuations. Energy spectra change from quasielastic scattering to a continuum with a double-peak structure at energies of 0 and 0.8 K in the spin-liquid state. Specific heat shows an anomaly at the crossover temperature.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't