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Precursor phenomena at the magnetic ordering of the cubic helimagnet FeGe

arXiv:1101.0674 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.127203

Abstract

We report on detailed magnetic measurements on the cubic helimagnet FeGe in external magnetic fields and temperatures near the onset of long-range magnetic order at K. Precursor phenomena display a complex succession of temperature-driven crossovers and phase transitions in the vicinity of . The A-phase region, present below and fields kOe, is split in several pockets. Relying on a modified phenomenological theory for chiral magnets, the main part of the A-phase could indicate the existence of a Skyrmion lattice, the adjacent A pocket, however, appears to be related to helicoids propagating in directions perpendicular to the applied field.

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