1204.4632 (J. Spehling et al.)

Magnetic order and spin dynamics in the proximity of a ferromagnetic
quantum critical point: A μSR study of YbNi4P2    [PDF]

J. Spehling, M. Günther, C. Krellner, N. Yèche, H. Luetkens, C. Baines, C. Geibel, H. -H. Klauss

The local 4f-electronic spin dynamics and magnetic order in YbNi4P2 were studied by means of muon-spin relaxation measurements. Zero-field muon-spin relaxation proves static magnetic order with a strongly reduced ordered Yb3+ moment of (2.5-4.6) \times 10-2{\mu}B, below TC = 140 mK. Above TC, the muon-spin polarization P(t,B) is dominated by quasihomogeneous spin fluctuations and exhibits a time-field scaling relation P(t,B) = P(t/B{\gamma}), indicating cooperative critical spin dynamics in the system. At T = 190 mK, slightly above TC, {\gamma} = 0.81(5), suggesting time-scale invariant power-law behavior for the dynamic electronic spin-spin autocorrelation function.

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