Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2005-05-23
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
4 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.077204
It has recently been suggested that the organic compound NiCl$_2$-4SC(NH$_2$)$_2$ (DTN) exhibits Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) of the Ni spin degrees of freedom for fields applied along the tetragonal c-axis. The Ni spins exhibit 3D XY-type antiferromagnetic order above a field-induced quantum critical point at $H_{c1} \sim 2$ T. The Ni spin fluid can be characterized as a system of effective bosons with a hard-core repulsive interaction in which the antiferromagnetic state corresponds to a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of the phase coherent $S = 1$ Ni spin system. We have investigated the the high-field phase diagram and the occurrence of BEC in DTN by means of specific heat and magnetocaloric effect measurements to dilution refrigerator temperatures. Our results indicate that a key prediction of BEC is satisfied; the magnetic field-temperature quantum phase transition line $H_c(T)-H_{c1} \propto T^\alpha$ approaches a power-law at low temperatures, with an exponent $\alpha = 1.47 \pm 0.06$ at the quantum critical point, consistent with the BEC theory prediction of $\alpha = 1.5$.
Batista Cristian D.
Harrison Neil
Jaime Marcelo
Lacerda A.
Paduan-Filho Armando
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