Magnetic field-tuned magnetic order and metamagnetic criticality in non-stoichiometric CeAuBi$_2$

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Auteurs principaux: Hodovanets, Halyna, Kim, Hyunsoo, Metz, Tristin, Nakajima, Yasuyuki, Eckberg, Christopher J., Wang, Kefeng, Yong, Jie, Saha, Shanta R., Graf, David, Butch, Nichola P., Vojta, Thomas, Paglione, Johnpierre
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author Hodovanets, Halyna
Kim, Hyunsoo
Metz, Tristin
Nakajima, Yasuyuki
Eckberg, Christopher J.
Wang, Kefeng
Yong, Jie
Saha, Shanta R.
Graf, David
Butch, Nichola P.
Vojta, Thomas
Paglione, Johnpierre
author_facet Hodovanets, Halyna
Kim, Hyunsoo
Metz, Tristin
Nakajima, Yasuyuki
Eckberg, Christopher J.
Wang, Kefeng
Yong, Jie
Saha, Shanta R.
Graf, David
Butch, Nichola P.
Vojta, Thomas
Paglione, Johnpierre
contents We present a detailed study of magnetization, resistivity, heat capacity, and X-ray and neutron powder diffraction measurements performed on single crystals of non-stoichiometric CeAuBi$_2$, Au deficiency 18$\%$, a strongly correlated antiferromagnet with Néel temperature T$_N$ = 13.2 K. Field-dependent magnetization measurements reveal a large magnetic anisotropy at low temperatures with an easy axis along the crystallographic c-axis, in which direction a spin-flop transition exhibits strong features in magnetization, specific heat, and resistivity at H$_c$ = 75 kOe. The constructed temperature-field phase diagram connects this transition to the suppression of magnetic order, which evolves from a second-order nature into a first-order transition that bifurcates at the spin-flop into three transitions below 1 K. The smoothed nature of the metamagnetic transitions in non-stoichiometric CeAuBi$_2$ is well described by an Ising model with weak quenched disorder, suggesting that the presence of Au vacancies is sufficient to smear the complex metamagnetic behavior and tune the critical behavior of magnetic order.
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spellingShingle Magnetic field-tuned magnetic order and metamagnetic criticality in non-stoichiometric CeAuBi$_2$
Hodovanets, Halyna
Kim, Hyunsoo
Metz, Tristin
Nakajima, Yasuyuki
Eckberg, Christopher J.
Wang, Kefeng
Yong, Jie
Saha, Shanta R.
Graf, David
Butch, Nichola P.
Vojta, Thomas
Paglione, Johnpierre
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We present a detailed study of magnetization, resistivity, heat capacity, and X-ray and neutron powder diffraction measurements performed on single crystals of non-stoichiometric CeAuBi$_2$, Au deficiency 18$\%$, a strongly correlated antiferromagnet with Néel temperature T$_N$ = 13.2 K. Field-dependent magnetization measurements reveal a large magnetic anisotropy at low temperatures with an easy axis along the crystallographic c-axis, in which direction a spin-flop transition exhibits strong features in magnetization, specific heat, and resistivity at H$_c$ = 75 kOe. The constructed temperature-field phase diagram connects this transition to the suppression of magnetic order, which evolves from a second-order nature into a first-order transition that bifurcates at the spin-flop into three transitions below 1 K. The smoothed nature of the metamagnetic transitions in non-stoichiometric CeAuBi$_2$ is well described by an Ising model with weak quenched disorder, suggesting that the presence of Au vacancies is sufficient to smear the complex metamagnetic behavior and tune the critical behavior of magnetic order.
title Magnetic field-tuned magnetic order and metamagnetic criticality in non-stoichiometric CeAuBi$_2$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23778