From incommensurate correlations to mesoscopic spin resonance in YbRh2Si2

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Sep 21;109(12):127201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.127201. Epub 2012 Sep 17.

Abstract

Spin fluctuations are reported near the magnetic field-driven quantum critical point in YbRh(2)Si(2). On cooling, ferromagnetic fluctuations evolve into incommensurate correlations located at q(0) = ±(δ,δ), with δ = 0.14 ± 0.04 r.l.u. At low temperatures, an in-plane magnetic field induces a sharp intradoublet resonant excitation at an energy E(0) = gμ(B)μ(0)H with g = 3.8 ± 0.2. The intensity is localized at the zone center, indicating precession of spin density extending ξ = 6 ± 2 Å beyond the 4f site.