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| author | Cederholm, Jeppe Jon Xu, Zhian Guo, Yanfeng Ovesen, Martin Olsen, Thomas Krighaar, Kristine M. L. Knekna, Chrystalla Soh, Jian Rui Lee, Youngro Qureshi, Navid Velamazan, Jose Alberto Rodriguez Ressouche, Eric Boothroyd, Andrew T. Jacobsen, Henrik |
| author_facet | Cederholm, Jeppe Jon Xu, Zhian Guo, Yanfeng Ovesen, Martin Olsen, Thomas Krighaar, Kristine M. L. Knekna, Chrystalla Soh, Jian Rui Lee, Youngro Qureshi, Navid Velamazan, Jose Alberto Rodriguez Ressouche, Eric Boothroyd, Andrew T. Jacobsen, Henrik |
| contents | We use spherical neutron polarimetry to determine the ground state magnetic structure of Mn3Sn. We find that Mn3Sn adopts an inverse triangular structure with spins parallel to <100> (Type III) rather than spins parallel to <110> (Type IV). Density functional theory calculations reveal no energy difference between these two structures, suggesting that the selection is caused by subtle effects such as sixth-order anisotropy. Partial control of the magnetic domain population through a moderate magnetic field is key to distinguish between the two models. We find that three of the six domains are approximately equally populated, while the others have negligible population. Upon entering the low temperature incommensurate phase, the domain structure is lost. The domains decouple from the magnetic field, and can therefore not be controlled by any known method. |
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| spellingShingle | Ground state magnetic structure of Mn3Sn Cederholm, Jeppe Jon Xu, Zhian Guo, Yanfeng Ovesen, Martin Olsen, Thomas Krighaar, Kristine M. L. Knekna, Chrystalla Soh, Jian Rui Lee, Youngro Qureshi, Navid Velamazan, Jose Alberto Rodriguez Ressouche, Eric Boothroyd, Andrew T. Jacobsen, Henrik Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons We use spherical neutron polarimetry to determine the ground state magnetic structure of Mn3Sn. We find that Mn3Sn adopts an inverse triangular structure with spins parallel to <100> (Type III) rather than spins parallel to <110> (Type IV). Density functional theory calculations reveal no energy difference between these two structures, suggesting that the selection is caused by subtle effects such as sixth-order anisotropy. Partial control of the magnetic domain population through a moderate magnetic field is key to distinguish between the two models. We find that three of the six domains are approximately equally populated, while the others have negligible population. Upon entering the low temperature incommensurate phase, the domain structure is lost. The domains decouple from the magnetic field, and can therefore not be controlled by any known method. |
| title | Ground state magnetic structure of Mn3Sn |
| topic | Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06808 |