Magnetic ground state of a prototype quasicrystal approximant: a candidate for octahedral spin ice physics
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| author | Woodland, Leonie Labib, Farid Khalyavin, Dmitry Manuel, Pascal Orlandi, Fabio Luetkens, Hubertus Tamura, Ryuji |
| author_facet | Woodland, Leonie Labib, Farid Khalyavin, Dmitry Manuel, Pascal Orlandi, Fabio Luetkens, Hubertus Tamura, Ryuji |
| contents | Magnetic ordering in quasicrystals has recently emerged as a fertile ground for discovering unconventional magnetic states beyond the framework of periodic crystals. However, elucidating the microscopic origin of such states remains challenging due to the intrinsic aperiodicity of quasicrystals. Here, we address this issue by investigating the prototypical Tsai-type quasicrystal approximant Cd6Tb, which preserves the essential local geometry and connectivity of icosahedral quasicrystals while allowing detailed structural and magnetic characterization due to its translational periodicity. Using neutron diffraction measurements, we find a noncoplanar multi-k magnetic ground state composed of Ising-like Tb moments arranged on a network of corner-sharing octahedra, the ingredients required to host octahedral spin-ice physics. Remarkably, only one third of the Tb moments develop long-range magnetic order, whereas the remaining moments display strongly reduced static order accompanied by persistent spin dynamics on microsecond timescales, as evidenced by muon spin rotation. This coexistence of ordered and fluctuating moments constitutes a potential realization of magnetic fragmentation - a key prediction of octahedral spin-ice physics - in a quasicrystal-related material. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetic ground state of a prototype quasicrystal approximant: a candidate for octahedral spin ice physics Woodland, Leonie Labib, Farid Khalyavin, Dmitry Manuel, Pascal Orlandi, Fabio Luetkens, Hubertus Tamura, Ryuji Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Magnetic ordering in quasicrystals has recently emerged as a fertile ground for discovering unconventional magnetic states beyond the framework of periodic crystals. However, elucidating the microscopic origin of such states remains challenging due to the intrinsic aperiodicity of quasicrystals. Here, we address this issue by investigating the prototypical Tsai-type quasicrystal approximant Cd6Tb, which preserves the essential local geometry and connectivity of icosahedral quasicrystals while allowing detailed structural and magnetic characterization due to its translational periodicity. Using neutron diffraction measurements, we find a noncoplanar multi-k magnetic ground state composed of Ising-like Tb moments arranged on a network of corner-sharing octahedra, the ingredients required to host octahedral spin-ice physics. Remarkably, only one third of the Tb moments develop long-range magnetic order, whereas the remaining moments display strongly reduced static order accompanied by persistent spin dynamics on microsecond timescales, as evidenced by muon spin rotation. This coexistence of ordered and fluctuating moments constitutes a potential realization of magnetic fragmentation - a key prediction of octahedral spin-ice physics - in a quasicrystal-related material. |
| title | Magnetic ground state of a prototype quasicrystal approximant: a candidate for octahedral spin ice physics |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.26044 |