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Singlet-Triplet Dispersion Reveals Additional Frustration in the Triangular-Lattice Dimer Compound Ba 3 Mn 2 O 8

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M. B. Stone, M. D. Lumsden, Sung Chang, E. C. Samulon, C. D. Batista, I. R. Fisher

Abstract

We present single crystal inelastic neutron scattering measurements of the S=1 dimerized quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet Ba3Mn2O8. The singlet-triplet dispersion reveals nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic interactions between adjacent bilayers that compete against each other. Although the interbilayer exchange is comparable to the intrabilayer exchange, this additional frustration reduces the effective coupling along the c axis and leads to a quasi-two-dimensional behavior. In addition, the obtained exchange values are able to reproduce the four critical fields in the phase diagram.
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Physical Review Letters
Volume
100
Issue
23
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.237201
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Keywords

frustration, low dimensional magnetism, quantum critical point
Neutron research and Condensed matter

Citation

Stone, M. , Lumsden, M. , Chang, S. , Samulon, E. , Batista, C. and Fisher, I. (2008), Singlet-Triplet Dispersion Reveals Additional Frustration in the Triangular-Lattice Dimer Compound Ba 3 Mn 2 O 8, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.237201, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=610056 (Accessed January 19, 2025)

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Created June 13, 2008, Updated March 18, 2024