Evidence for Nuclear Antiferromagnetism in Copper
Abstract
We have studied, in a two-stage nuclear demagnetization cryostat, the NMR properties of copper nuclei in magnetic fields from 0 to 15 mT and at polarizations up to 0.9. In zero field the spin entropy decreases less rapidly with temperature than expected for an interacting paramagnet with a constant local field; at 50 nK the entropy is still 45% of R ln4. The temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility points to nuclear antiferromagnetism in copper.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1702
- Bibcode:
- 1979PhRvL..42.1702E
- Keywords:
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- Antiferromagnetism;
- Copper;
- Cryostats;
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance;
- Demagnetization;
- Entropy;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetic Permeability;
- Temperature Effects;
- Solid-State Physics