Singlet ground state in the spin-1/2 dimer compound Sr3Cr2O8

Abstract

Magnetic susceptibility and specific heat versus temperature measurements on polycrystalline samples of Sr3Cr2O8 and the isostructural, nonmagnetic compound Sr3V2O8 are reported. A Curie-Wiess fit to the high-temperature susceptibility data for Sr3Cr2O8 indicates that the Cr atoms are in the rare Cr^5+ (Spin S = 1/2) valence state as expected from the composition. The ground state was found to be a spin singlet with an excitation gap Delta/k_ B = 61.9(1) K to the magnetic triplet states, and a weak interdimer coupling of 6(2) K was inferred. The specific heat and susceptibility measurements on Sr3V2O8 reveal a phase transition at 110 K which is evidently a structural transition.

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