Phase Competition in the Palmer-Chalker XY Pyrochlore Er${}_2$Pt${}_2$O${}_7$

Abstract

We report neutron scattering measurements on Er${}_2$Pt${}_2$O${}_7$, a new addition to the XY family of frustrated pyrochlore magnets. Symmetry analysis of our elastic scattering data shows that Er${}_2$Pt${}_2$O${}_7$ is the first XY pyrochlore to order into the $k=0$, ${\Gamma }_7$ magnetic structure (the Palmer-Chalker state), at $T_N=0.38$ K. This contrasts with its sister XY pyrochlore antiferromagnets Er${}_2$Ti${}_2$O${}_7$ and Er${}_2$Ge${}_2$O${}_7$, both of which order into ${\Gamma }_5$ magnetic structures at much higher temperatures, $T_N=1.2$ K and $1.4$ K, respectively. In this temperature range, the magnetic heat capacity of Er${}_2$Pt${}_2$O${}_7$ contains a broad anomaly centered at $T^{\ast }=1.5$ K. Our inelastic neutron scattering measurements reveal that this broad heat capacity anomaly sets the temperature scale for strong short-range spin fluctuations. Below $T_N=0.38$ K, Er${}_2$Pt${}_2$O${}_7$ displays a gapped spin wave spectrum with an intense, flat band of excitations at lower energy and a weak, diffusive band of excitations at higher energy. The flat band is well-described by classical spin wave calculations, but these calculations also predict sharp dispersive branches at higher energy, a striking discrepancy with the experimental data. This, in concert with the strong suppression of $T_N$, is attributable to enhanced quantum fluctuations due to phase competition between the ${\Gamma }_7$ and ${\Gamma }_5$ states that border each other within a classically predicted phase diagram.

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