Friday, October 5, 2012

1210.1428 (Sylvain Petit et al.)

Spin liquid correlations, anisotropic exchange and symmetry breaking in
Tb2Ti2O7
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Sylvain Petit, Pierre Bonville, Julien Robert, Claudia Decorse, Isabelle Mirebeau
We have studied the low energy spin dynamics between 4.6K and 0.07K in a Tb2Ti2O7 single crystal sample, by means of inelastic neutron scattering experiments. The spectra consist in a dual response, with a static and an inelastic contribution, showing striking Q-dependences. We propose an interpretation involving an anisotropic exchange interaction in combination with a breaking of the threefold symmetry at the rare earth site. Simulations of the Q-dependent scattering in the Random Phase Approximation account well for the inelastic response.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1428

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