Magnetic Diffuse Scattering 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 E2 to measure their diffuse 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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PID https://hdl.handle.net/21.11151/zy0f-stco
Related Identifier IsCompiledBy https://doi.org/10.5442/NI000001
Metadata Access https://data.helmholtz-berlin.de/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:data.helmholtz-berlin.de:inv/4394
Provenance
Instrument E2 - Flat-Cone Diffractometer,
Publisher Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Contributor Lake, Bella; Xu, Jianhui; Anand, Vivek Kumar; Islam, Nazmul; Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Publication Year 2021
Rights Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Investigation; Collection
Size 1.04 GiB
Discipline Other
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-07-12T08:06:10Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-08-30T06:00:00Z