Degenerate ground state in the classical pyrochlore antiferromagnet NaMn(CO)Cl
arXiv:1810.05126 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.144426
Abstract
In an ideal classical pyrochlore antiferromagnet without perturbations, an infinite degeneracy at a ground state leads to absence of a magnetic order and spin-glass transition. Here we present NaMn(CO)Cl as a new candidate compound where classical spins are coupled antiferromagnetically on the pyrochlore lattice, and report its structural and magnetic properties.The temperature dependences of the magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity, and the magnetization curve are consistent with those of an = 5/2 pyrochlore lattice antiferromagnet with nearest-neighbor interactions of 2 K. Neither an apparent signature of a spin-glass transition nor a magnetic order is detected in magnetization and heat capacity measurements, or powder neutron diffraction experiments. On the other hand, an antiferromagnetic short-range order from the nearest neighbors is evidenced by the -dependence of the diffuse scattering which develops around 0.85 Å. A high degeneracy near the ground state in NaMn(CO)Cl is supported by the magnetic entropy estimated as almost 4 J K mol at 0.5 K.
arXiv comment9 pages, 7 figures, accepted to PRB
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