Intermediate field-induced phase of the honeycomb magnet BaCo$_2$(AsO$_4$)$_2$

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Autori principali: Mukharjee, Prashanta K., Shen, Bin, Erdmann, Sebastian, Jesche, Anton, Kaiser, Julian, Baral, Priya R., Zaharko, Oksana, Gegenwart, Philipp, Tsirlin, Alexander A.
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author Mukharjee, Prashanta K.
Shen, Bin
Erdmann, Sebastian
Jesche, Anton
Kaiser, Julian
Baral, Priya R.
Zaharko, Oksana
Gegenwart, Philipp
Tsirlin, Alexander A.
author_facet Mukharjee, Prashanta K.
Shen, Bin
Erdmann, Sebastian
Jesche, Anton
Kaiser, Julian
Baral, Priya R.
Zaharko, Oksana
Gegenwart, Philipp
Tsirlin, Alexander A.
contents We use magnetometry, calorimetry, and high-resolution capacitive dilatometry, as well as single-crystal neutron diffraction to explore temperature-field phase diagram of the anisotropic honeycomb magnet BaCo$_2$(AsO$_4)_2$. Our data reveal four distinct ordered states observed for in-plane magnetic fields. Of particular interest is the narrow region between 0.51 and 0.55 T that separates the up-up-down order from the fully polarized state and coincides with the field range where signatures of the spin-liquid behavior have been reported. We show that magnetic Bragg peaks persist in this intermediate phase, thus ruling out its spin-liquid nature. However, the simultaneous nonmonotonic evolution of nuclear Bragg peaks suggests the involvement of the lattice, witnessed also in other regions of the phase diagram where large changes in the sample length are observed upon entering the magnetically ordered states. Our data highlight the importance of lattice effects in BaCo$_2$(AsO$_4)_2$.
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spellingShingle Intermediate field-induced phase of the honeycomb magnet BaCo$_2$(AsO$_4$)$_2$
Mukharjee, Prashanta K.
Shen, Bin
Erdmann, Sebastian
Jesche, Anton
Kaiser, Julian
Baral, Priya R.
Zaharko, Oksana
Gegenwart, Philipp
Tsirlin, Alexander A.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We use magnetometry, calorimetry, and high-resolution capacitive dilatometry, as well as single-crystal neutron diffraction to explore temperature-field phase diagram of the anisotropic honeycomb magnet BaCo$_2$(AsO$_4)_2$. Our data reveal four distinct ordered states observed for in-plane magnetic fields. Of particular interest is the narrow region between 0.51 and 0.55 T that separates the up-up-down order from the fully polarized state and coincides with the field range where signatures of the spin-liquid behavior have been reported. We show that magnetic Bragg peaks persist in this intermediate phase, thus ruling out its spin-liquid nature. However, the simultaneous nonmonotonic evolution of nuclear Bragg peaks suggests the involvement of the lattice, witnessed also in other regions of the phase diagram where large changes in the sample length are observed upon entering the magnetically ordered states. Our data highlight the importance of lattice effects in BaCo$_2$(AsO$_4)_2$.
title Intermediate field-induced phase of the honeycomb magnet BaCo$_2$(AsO$_4$)$_2$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04466