Dimensionality-driven spin-flop transition in quasi-one-dimensional PrBa2Cu4O8

Details Dimensionality-driven spin-flop transition in quasi-one-dimensional PrBa2Cu4O8 Dimensionality-driven spin-flop transition in quasi-one-dimensional PrBa2Cu4O8

2010-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/1009.2885v1

PRB 81 224435 2010

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

8 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

In the quasi-one-dimensional cuprate PrBa$_2$Cu$_4$O$_8$, the Pr cations order antiferromagnetically at 17 K in zero field. Through a combination of magnetic susceptibility, torque magnetometry, specific heat and interchain transport measurements, the anisotropic temperature-magnetic field phase diagram associated with this ordering has been mapped out. A low-temperature spin-flop transition in the Pr sub-lattice is found to occur at the same magnetic field strength and orientation as a dimensional crossover in the ground state of the metallic CuO chains. This coincidence suggests that the spin reorientation is driven by a change in the anisotropic Rudermann-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction induced by a corresponding change in effective dimensionality of the conduction electrons.

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