Multiple Magnetic Bilayers and Unconventional Criticality without Frustration in BaCuSi${}_2$O${}_6$

Abstract

The dimerized quantum magnet BaCuSi${}_2$O${}_6$ was proposed as an example of "dimensional reduction" arising near the magnetic-field-induced quantum critical point (QCP) due to perfect geometrical frustration of its inter-bilayer interactions. We demonstrate by high-resolution neutron spectroscopy experiments that the effective intra-bilayer interactions are ferromagnetic, thereby excluding frustration. We explain the apparent dimensional reduction by establishing the presence of three magnetically inequivalent bilayers, with ratios 3:2:1, whose differing interaction parameters create an extra field-temperature scaling regime near the QCP with a non-trivial but non-universal exponent. We demonstrate by detailed quantum Monte Carlo simulations that the magnetic interaction parameters we deduce can account for all the measured properties of BaCuSi${}_2$O${}_6$, opening the way to a quantitative understanding of non-universal scaling in any modulated layered system.

arXiv comment14 pages, 9 figures

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