Magnetoelastic Coupling and Phases in the Skyrmion Lattice Magnet Gd2PdSi3 Discovered by High-resolution Dilatometry

Abstract

We report detailed thermodynamic studies on high-quality single crystals of the centrosymmetric skyrmion-hosting intermetallic Gd2PdSi3 by means of high-resolution capacitance dilatometry in fields up to 15 T which are complemented by specific heat and magnetization studies. Our dilatometric measurements show magnetoelastic effects associated with antiferromagnetic order at TN1 = 22.3 K and TN2 = 19.7 K, as well as strong field effects in an applied magnetic field of 15 Tup to 200 K (150 K) for B||c (B||a*, i.e. B perp c). The data allow us to complete the magneticphase diagram, including a new feature at T* approx 12 K below which a new degree of freedom becomesrelevant. For the first time, the magnetic B vs. T phase diagram for the a*-axis is also reported. Grüneisen analysis shows the onset of magnetic contributions around 60 K, i.e., well above TN1. Uniaxial pressure dependencies of opposite sign, -1.3 K/GPa and 0.3 K/GPa, are extracted for the out-of-plane and in-plane directions at TN1. For T* we obtain dT*/dpc= 1.4 K/GPa. In particular we elucidate thermodynamic properties of the recently discovered skyrmion lattice phase and show that it is strongly enhanced by uniaxial pressure.

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