Ultrasmall Moment Incommensurate Spin Density Wave Order Masking a Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point in NbFe2
| Autor: | Enrico Faulhaber, F. M. Grosche, P. G. Niklowitz, A. Neubauer, Max Hirschberger, Christian Pfleiderer, Astrid Schneidewind, Petr Čermák, W. J. Duncan, Jean-Michel Mignot, M. Lucas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Physics
Condensed matter physics General Physics and Astronomy Neutron scattering 01 natural sciences Landau theory Ferromagnetism Quantum critical point 0103 physical sciences Spin density wave Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons Wave vector 010306 general physics Electronic band structure Phase diagram |
| Zdroj: | Physical Review Letters. 123 |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 0031-9007 |
| Popis: | In the metallic magnet ${\mathrm{Nb}}_{1\ensuremath{-}y}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{2+y}$, the low temperature threshold of ferromagnetism can be investigated by varying the Fe excess $y$ within a narrow homogeneity range. We use elastic neutron scattering to track the evolution of magnetic order from Fe-rich, ferromagnetic ${\mathrm{Nb}}_{0.981}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{2.019}$ to approximately stoichiometric ${\mathrm{NbFe}}_{2}$, in which we can, for the first time, characterize a long-wavelength spin density wave state burying a ferromagnetic quantum critical point. The associated ordering wave vector ${\mathbf{q}}_{\mathrm{SDW}}=(0,0,{l}_{\mathrm{SDW}})$ is found to depend significantly on $y$ and $T$, staying finite but decreasing as the ferromagnetic state is approached. The phase diagram follows a two-order-parameter Landau theory, for which all of the coefficients can now be determined. Our findings suggest that the emergence of spin density wave order cannot be attributed to band structure effects alone. They indicate a common microscopic origin of both types of magnetic order and provide strong constraints on related theoretical scenarios based on, e.g., quantum order by disorder. |
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