eprintid: 10133491
rev_number: 14
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datestamp: 2021-08-26 13:47:51
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creators_name: Larsen, CB
creators_name: Canevet, E
creators_name: Mazzone, DG
creators_name: Rueegg, C
creators_name: Fak, B
creators_name: McMorrow, DF
creators_name: Ressouche, E
creators_name: McIntyre, GJ
creators_name: Bud'ko, SL
creators_name: Canfield, PC
creators_name: Zaharko, O
title: Ubiquity of amplitude-modulated magnetic ordering in the H-T phase diagram of the frustrated non-Fermi-liquid YbAgGe
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F64
keywords: Science & Technology, Technology, Physical Sciences, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Physics, Applied, Physics, Condensed Matter, Materials Science, Physics, CRYSTAL-FIELD
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abstract: YbAgGe contains a magnetic geometrically frustrated kagome-like lattice that also features significant local single-ion anisotropy. The electronic state is established by hybridization of 
4
f
 and conduction electrons leading to heavy electronic masses. The competition between these various interactions leads to nontrivial behavior under external magnetic field, including a sequence of magnetic phase transitions, non-Fermi-liquid states, and possibly a quantum critical point. We present a series of neutron diffraction experiments performed in the mK temperature range and under magnetic fields up to 8 T in the hexagonal plane, revealing the microscopic nature of the first four subsequent magnetic states of this phase diagram. The magnetic phases are associated with the propagation vectors 
k
1
 = (
1
3
 0 
1
3
) for 
H
<
2
 T, 
k
2
 = (0 0 0.32) for 2 T 
<
 
H
<
3
 T, 
k
1
=
(
1
3
 0 
1
3
) for 3 T 
<
 
H
<
4.5
 T, and 
k
3
=
(
0.195
0.195
0.38
)
 for 4.5 T 
<
 
H
<
7
 T. Our structural refinements reveal a strong modulation of the magnetic moment amplitude in all phases. We observe that the ordered moments of the three magnetically different Yb sites become increasingly different in field, which complies with the principle local anisotropy directions relative to the field direction. While the ordered moments are aligned predominantly in the hexagonal plane, we also find a significant out-of-plane component and a ferromagnetic contribution above 2 T. We discuss possible scenarios that may evolve around the phase boundary at 4.5 T, which is associated with putative quantum criticality as identified by various bulk probes. We propose further steps that are required to better understand the microscopic interactions in this material.
date: 2021-08-17
date_type: published
publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054424
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1883504
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054424
lyricists_name: McMorrow, Desmond
lyricists_id: DFMCM17
actors_name: McMorrow, Desmond
actors_id: DFMCM17
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Physical Review B
volume: 104
number: 5
article_number: 054424
pages: 11
citation:        Larsen, CB;    Canevet, E;    Mazzone, DG;    Rueegg, C;    Fak, B;    McMorrow, DF;    Ressouche, E;                 ... Zaharko, O; + view all <#>        Larsen, CB;  Canevet, E;  Mazzone, DG;  Rueegg, C;  Fak, B;  McMorrow, DF;  Ressouche, E;  McIntyre, GJ;  Bud'ko, SL;  Canfield, PC;  Zaharko, O;   - view fewer <#>    (2021)    Ubiquity of amplitude-modulated magnetic ordering in the H-T phase diagram of the frustrated non-Fermi-liquid YbAgGe.                   Physical Review B , 104  (5)    , Article 054424.  10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054424 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054424>.       Green open access   
 
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