Uncommon magnetic ordering in the quantum magnet Yb$_{3}$Ga$_{5}$O$_{12}$
Abstract
The antiferromagnetic structure of Yb$_{3}$Ga$_{5}$O$_{12}$ is identified by neutron diffraction experiments below the previously-known transition at $T_{\lambda}=54$ mK. The magnetic propagation vector is found to be ${\bf k}=(1/2, 1/2, 0)$, an unusual wave-vector in the garnet structure. The associated complex magnetic structure highlights the role of exchange interactions in a nearly isotropic system dominated by dipolar interactions and finds echos with exotic structures theoretically proposed. Reduced values of the ordered moments may indicate significant quantum fluctuations in this effective spin-1/2 geometrically frustrated magnet.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2024
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2406.00694
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2406.00694
- Bibcode:
- 2024arXiv240600694R
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons