Spin freezing in the disordered pyrochlore magnet NaCaCo${}_2$F${}_7$: NMR studies and Monte-Carlo simulations

Abstract

We present results of ${}^{23}$Na and ${}^{19}$F nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on NaCaCo${}_2$F${}_7$, a frustrated pyrochlore magnet with a Curie-Weiss temperature, $T_{cw}$ ~-140 K, and intrinsic bond disorder. Below 3.6 K both the ${}^{23}$Na and ${}^{19}$F spectra broaden substantially in comparison to higher temperatures accompanied by a considerable reduction (80 \%) of the NMR signal intensity: This proves a broad quasi-static field distribution. The ${}^{19}$F spin-lattice relaxation rate ${}^{19}(1/T_1$) exhibits a peak at 2.9 K already starting to develop below 10 K. We attribute the spin freezing to the presence of bond disorder. This is corroborated by large-scale Monte-Carlo simulations of a classical bond-disordered XY model on the pyrochlore lattice. The low freezing temperature, together with the very short magnetic correlation length not captured by the simulations, suggesting that quantum effects play a decisive role in NaCaCo${}_2$F${}_7$.

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