Publications (30)
Generic character of charge and spin density waves in superconducting cuprates
Sangjun Lee, Edwin W. Huang, Thomas A. Johnson +19
Understanding the nature of charge density waves (CDW) in cuprate superconductors has been complicated by material specific differences. A striking example is the opposite doping d…
Monte-Carlo ray-tracing studies of multiplexed prismatic graphite analyzers for the cold-neutron triple-axis spectrometer at the High Flux Isotope Reactor
Adit S. Desai, Travis J. Williams, Marcus Daum +4
A modern cold triple-axis spectrometer to study quantum condensed matter systems is planned for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Here, we desc…
Vanishing ordered moment in the frustrated triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuNdO
Jonathan Gaudet, Dalmau Reig-i-Plessis, Bogeng Wen +9
We investigate the magnetic ground state of CuNdO, which is a delafossite with a triangular lattice of magnetic Nd ions that are well separated by non-magnetic Cu spacer…
Stripe Helical Magnetism and Two Regimes of Anomalous Hall Effect in NdAlGe
Hung-Yu Yang, Jonathan Gaudet, Rahul Verma +11
We report the magnetic and electronic transport properties of the inversion and time-reversal symmetry breaking Weyl semimetal NdAlGe. This material is analogous to NdAlSi, whose h…
MCViNE -- An object oriented Monte Carlo neutron ray tracing simulation package
Jiao Y. Y. Lin, Hillary L. Smith, Garrett E. Granroth +6
MCViNE (Monte-Carlo VIrtual Neutron Experiment) is a versatile Monte Carlo (MC) neutron ray-tracing program that provides researchers with tools for performing computer modeling an…
Appearance of T phase across the T-1T phase boundary in Weyl semimetal MoTe
Yu Tao, John A. Schneeloch, Chunruo Duan +6
Using elastic neutron scattering on single crystals of MoTe and MoWTe (), the temperature dependence of the recently discovered T$_{d}^{*…
Magnetoresistive Memory in the Paramagnetic Phase of EuInAs
Sudhaman R. Balguri, Mira B. Mahendru, Rourav Basak +9
Magnetoresistive materials that respond sensitively to applied fields are central to modern data storage technologies. Here we unveil a novel Magnetoresistive Memory (MRM) in Eu$_5…
Evolution of the structural transition in MoWTe
John A. Schneeloch, Yu Tao, Chunruo Duan +7
The composition dependence of the structural transition between the monoclinic 1T and orthorhombic T phases in the MoWTe Weyl semimetal was inv…
Dynamical moment fragmentation in the all-in all-out pyrochlore Nd2Sn2O7
Yi Luo, Matthew S. Powell, Joseph A. M. Paddison +4
We report single-crystal neutron spectroscopy and bulk characterization on hydrothermally grown Nd2Sn2O7, revealing a dynamical moment fragmentation embedded within the all-in-all-…
T to 1T structural phase transition in WTe Weyl semimetal
Yu Tao, John A. Schneeloch, Adam A. Aczel +1
Elastic neutron scattering on a single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction measurements were carried out to investigate how the crystal structure evolves as a function of temperat…
Field-induced quantum critical point in the new itinerant antiferromagnet TiCu
Jaime M. Moya, Alannah M. Hallas, Vaideesh Loganathan +13
New phases of matter emerge at the edge of magnetic instabilities. In local moment systems, such as heavy fermions, the magnetism can be destabilized by pressure, chemical doping,…
Canted antiferromagnetic order in the monoaxial chiral magnets VTaS and VNbS
Kannan Lu, Deepak Sapkota, Lisa DeBeer-Schmitt +6
The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction is present in the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) magnets of form S ( 3d transition metal, {Nb,…
Pulling order back from the brink of disorder: Observation of a nodal line spin liquid and fluctuation stabilized order in KIrCl
Qiaochu Wang, Alberto de la Torre, Jose A. Rodriguez-Rivera +8
Competing interactions in frustrated magnets can give rise to highly degenerate ground states from which correlated liquid-like states of matter often emerge. The scaling of this d…
Universal dynamics of a pair condensate
Qing Huang, Hao Zhang, Yiqing Hao +10
Pair condensates appear in multiple branches of physics, always introducing exotic phenomena. The pair condensate in quantum magnetism is the spin nematic, whose static (quadrupola…
Phase diagram of a three-dimensional antiferromagnet with random magnetic anisotropy
Felio A. Perez, Pavel Borisov, Trent A. Johnson +5
Three-dimensional (3D) antiferromagnets with random magnetic anisotropy (RMA) experimentally studied to date do not have random single-ion anisotropies, but rather have competing t…
Spin-orbit coupling control of anisotropy, ground state and frustration in 5d2 Sr2MgOsO6
Ryan Morrow, Alice E. Taylor, D. J. Singh +10
The influence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on the physical properties of the 5d2 system Sr2MgOsO6 is probed via a combination of magnetometry, specific heat measurements, elastic a…
Incommensurate crystal supercell and polarization-flop observed in the magnetoelectric ilmenite, MnTiO3
Harlyn J. Silverstein, Elizabeth Skoropata, Paul M. Sarte +6
MnTiO3 has been studied for many decades, but it was only in the last few years that its strong magnetoelectric behavior had been observed. Here, we use neutron scattering on two s…
Field-induced double dome and Bose-Einstein condensation in the crossing quantum spin chain system AgVOAsO4
Franziska Weickert, Adam A. Aczel, Matthew B. Stone +11
We present inelastic neutron scattering data on the quantum paramagnet AgVOAsO4 that establish the system is a S=1/2 alternating spin chain compound and provide a direct measuremen…
Two types of colossal magnetoresistance with distinct mechanisms in Eu5In2As6
Sudhaman Balguri, Mira B. Mahendru, Enrique O. Gonzalez Delgado +8
Recent reports of colossal negative magnetoresistance (CMR) in a few magnetic semimetals and semiconductors have attracted attention, because these materials are devoid of the conv…
Spin Canting and Orbital Order in Spinel Vanadate Thin Films
Christie Thompson, Dalmau Reig-i-Plessis, Lazar Kish +5
We report on the epitaxial film growth and characterization of CoVO, a near-itinerant spinel vanadate, grown on (001) SrTiO. The symmetry lowering of the unit cell from…
Weak coupling of pseudoacoustic phonons and magnon dynamics in incommensurate spin ladder compound Sr14Cu24O41
Xi Chen, Dipanshu Bansal, Sean Sullivan +5
Intriguing lattice dynamics has been predicted for aperiodic crystals that contain incommensurate substructures. Here we report inelastic neutron scattering measurements of phonon…
Helimagnetism in CrBr and CrIBr
John A. Schneeloch, Adam A. Aczel, Despina Louca
In CrX (X=Br, I), a Jahn-Teller effect distorts the octahedral configuration of the anions about Cr, resulting in a "ribbon chain" structure. We previously observed helimagneti…
Effect of Chemical Pressure on High Temperature Ferrimagnetic Double Perovskites Sr2CrOsO6 and Ca2CrOsO6
Ryan Morrow, Jennifer R. Soliz, Adam J. Hauser +7
The ordered double perovskites Sr2CrOsO6 and Ca2CrOsO6 have been synthesized and characterized with neutron powder diffraction, electrical transport measurements, and high field ma…
Topological spiral magnetism in the Weyl semimetal SmAlSi
Xiaohan Yao Jonathan Gaudet, Rahul Verma, David E. Graf +13
Weyl electrons are intensely studied due to novel charge transport phenomena such as chiral anomaly, Fermi arcs, and photogalvanic effect. Recent theoretical works suggest that Wey…
Disorder-induced proximate quantum spin ice phase in Pr2Sn2O7
Yi Luo, Brenden R. Ortiz, Miles J. Knudtson +9
Magnetic pyrochlores with non-Kramers rare-earth ions provide a platform for exploring emergent gauge physics and quantum spin-ice behavior, yet the influence of structural disorde…
Materializing Rival Ground States in the Barlowite Family of Kagome Magnets: Quantum Spin Liquid, Spin Ordered, and Valence Bond Crystal States
Rebecca W. Smaha, Wei He, Jack Mingde Jiang +13
The spin- kagome antiferromagnet is considered an ideal host for a quantum spin liquid ground state. We find that when the bonds of the kagome lattice are modulated wi…
Competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions in non-altermagnetic RuCrO
David T. Plouff, Nawsher J. Parvez, Subhash Bhatt +4
We investigate the proposal of hole doping RuO via alloying with Cr ions to induce altermagnetism. Thin film samples of RuCrO () were…
Role of stacking defects on the magnetic behavior of CrCl
John A. Schneeloch, Adam A. Aczel, Feng Ye +1
In the study of van der Waals-layered magnetic materials, the properties of CrCl continue to attract attention. This compound is reported to undergo antiferromagnetic (AFM) ord…
Revisiting spin ice physics in the ferromagnetic Ising pyrochlore PrSnO
Brenden R. Ortiz, Paul M. Sarte, Ganesh Pokharel +12
Pyrochlore materials are characterized by their hallmark network of corner-sharing rare-earth tetrahedra, which can produce a wide array of complex magnetic ground states. Ferromag…
Pressure tuning of competing interactions on a honeycomb lattice
Piyush Sakrikar, Bin Shen, Eduardo H. T. Poldi +20
Magnetic exchange interactions are mediated via orbital overlaps across chemical bonds. Thus, modifying the bond angles by physical pressure or strain can tune the relative strengt…