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Search for a structural distortion in the AF pyrochlore magnet Gd2Ti2O7
Previous neutron studies of powdered Gd2Ti2O7 (GTO) have shown that despite it relative simplicity as an s-state Heisenberg antiferromagnet, the magnetic structure is a fairly... -
Non-magnetic impurities in a strong-leg spin ladder
Th S = ½ AF spin ladder is one of the most important models in quantum magnetism. While its properties throughout the (H,T)-phase diagram may be considered to be well understood... -
Spin exchange interactions and fractionalized spin excitations in the geometr...
The recently discovered new triangular lattice QSL candidate YbMgGaO4 has attracted great interest on rare earth frustrated magnets. Another triangular lattice rare earth... -
Crystalline electric field excitations in the triangular-lattice rare-earth s...
The rare-earth compound KYbSe2 provides a new chance for the study of frustrated magnets with strong SOC. It resembles YbMgGaO4 in many ways. Our susceptibility and specific... -
Spin dynamics of quantum spin liquid state in CaCu3(OH)6Cl2・0.6H2O
Recently we have succeeded in synthesizing a new kagome material, CaCu3(OH)6Cl2 0.6H2O. Single crystal X-ray measurements revealed that no site disorder between Ca and Cu sites... -
Excitations, BEC, and partially ordered states of liquid 4He in disorder
We propose measurements of the elementary phonon-roton (p-r) excitations of liquid 4He confined in porous MCM-41 (45 Å pore diameter) at wave vectors Q ¿ beyond the roton¿, 2.4... -
Magnetic excitation spectra in the field induced quantum phases of the quasi-...
We propose to investigate the magnetic excitation spectra in the three accessible magnetic ordered phases of the quasi-1D S-1/2 Ising-like antiferromagnet SrCo2V2O8 by single... -
Fractionalized excitations in the zigzag pseudospin-1/2 quantum chain compoun...
One-dimensional (1D) S = 1/2 spin chains are a subject of long-standing interest, because conventional long-range ordering can be prevented and novel Luttinger-liquid phase may... -
Nature of the ground state of Dy2Ti2O7 spin ice
Spin ice (SI) is a state of matter characterized by a residual (Pauling) entropy and unusual correlations. The huge interest in SI materials from the magnetism community stems... -
Low energy magnetic excitations in Sm based pyrochlores
Few studies of Sm pyrochlores are reported in literature. It is believed that these coumpounds remain in a disordered state down to the lowest temperatures, mainly due to the... -
High resolution powder diffraction of Re-based α-Mn structure noncentros...
Discovery of time-reversal symmetry (TRS) breaking in Re-based noncentrosymmetric (NCS) α-Mn structure compounds has garnered much attention, due to the repeated occurrence... -
Non-magnetic impurities in a strong-leg spin ladder
Th S = ½ AF spin ladder is one of the most important models in quantum magnetism. While its properties throughout the (H,T)-phase diagram may be considered to be well understood... -
Partial freezing of a Kagome Magnet
Ever since the first published consideration of the ground state of a triangular lattice of Ising spins by PW Andersen in the 50's, the pursuit of materials with geometrically... -
Search for the magnetic photon in a candidate quantum spin ice
Recent theoretical analyses of quantum spin ice has revealed the present of a novel magnetic excitation whose quantum properties are analogous to photons. This mode is a... -
Search for the spin liquid phase in terbium gallium garnet.
Usually, magnetic materials can be understood by imagining them as orderly rows of communicating, atomic-sized bar magnets (or "spins") which organize themselves into a... -
Quantum magnetism in lanthanide gallium garnet magnetocaloric materials
Geometrically frustrated lanthanide gallium garnets find practical applications as low temperature magnetocalorics, but the competing interactions in these materials may give... -
Magnon decay below the critical field in the S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet...
In this continuation proposal, we propose to study the spin excitations of the spin 1/2 square lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet CAPCC in fields just below its saturation... -
Low Temperature Magnetic Behaviour of Sm2Zr2O7
Pyrochlore oxides of the type A2B2O7 (where A = trivalent rare earth, B = tetravalent transition metal element) can form geometrically frustrated magnets displaying a range of... -
Fractionalized spin excitations in a triangular-lattice quantum spin liquid c...
The recently synthesised triangular-lattice rare-earth magnet KErSe2 crystallizes in the similar strucutre as the new quantum spin liquid candidate YbMgGaO4 but with less stie... -
Magnetic-field induced long-range spin order in quantum spin liquid candidate...
Quantum spin liquid (QSL) is a novel state of matter where the spins are highly entangled with one another but fluctuate strongly down to zero temperature. It may be associated...