Monday, February 27, 2012

1202.5371 (Yusuke Nambu et al.)

Block magnetism coupled with local distortion in the iron-based
spin-ladder compound BaFe2Se3
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Yusuke Nambu, Kenya Ohgushi, Shunpei Suzuki, Fei Du, Maxim Avdeev, Yoshiya Uwatoko, Koji Munakata, Hiroshi Fukazawa, Songxue Chi, Yutaka Ueda, Taku J Sato
Magnetism in the insulating BaFe$_2$Se$_3$ was examined through
susceptibility, specific heat, resistivity and neutron diffraction
measurements. After formation of a short-range magnetic correlation, a
long-range ordering was observed below $T_{\rm N}\sim 255$ K. The transition is
obscured by bulk properties. Magnetic moments ($\parallel a$) are arranged to
form a Fe$_4$ ferromagnetic unit, and each Fe$_4$ stacks antiferromagnetically.
This block magnetism is of the third type among magnetic structures of ferrous
materials. The magnetic ordering drives unusually large distortion via
magnetoelastic coupling.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.5371

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