Importance of in-plane anisotropy in the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet BaNi2V2O8

Autor: W, Knafo, C, Meingast, K, Grube, S, Drobnik, P, Popovich, P, Schweiss, P, Adelmann, Th, Wolf, H, V Löhneysen
Rok vydání: 2006
Zdroj: Physical review letters. 99(13)
ISSN: 0031-9007
Popis: The phase diagram of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet BaNi(2)V(2)O(8) is studied by specific heat, thermal expansion, magnetostriction, and magnetization for magnetic fields applied perpendicular to c. At micro(o)H* approximately 1.5 T, a crossover to a high-field state, where T(N)(H) increases linearly, arises from a competition of intrinsic and field-induced in-plane anisotropies. The pressure dependences of T(N) and H* are interpreted using the picture of a pressure-induced in-plane anisotropy. Even at zero field and ambient pressure, in-plane anisotropy cannot be neglected, which implies deviations from pure Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless behavior.
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