research article
Classical Spin Liquid or Extended Critical Range in h-YMnO3?
March 11, 2021
Neutron spectroscopy on the classical triangular-lattice frustrated antiferromagnet h-YMnO3 reveals diffuse, gapless magnetic excitations present both far below and above the ordering temperature. The correlation length of the excitations increases as the temperature approaches zero, bearing a strong resemblance to critical scattering. We model the dynamics in the ordered and correlated disordered phase as critical spin correlations in a two-dimensional magnetic state. We propose that our findings may provide a general framework to understand features often attributed to classical spin liquids.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000627631100009
Author(s)
Lass, Jakob
Tutueanu, Ana-Elena
Haubro, Morten L.
Niedermayer, Christof
Stuhr, Uwe
Xu, Guangyong
Prabhakaran, Dharmalingam
Deen, Pascale P.
Holm-Dahlin, Sonja
Date Issued
2021-03-11
Publisher
Published in
Volume
126
Issue
10
Article Number
107203
Subjects
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
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Available on Infoscience
March 26, 2021
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