Magnetic Blue Phase in the Chiral Itinerant Magnet MnSi

Details Magnetic Blue Phase in the Chiral Itinerant Magnet MnSi Magnetic Blue Phase in the Chiral Itinerant Magnet MnSi

2011-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/1108.2923v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 037207 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

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Chiral nematic liquid crystals sometimes form blue phases characterized by spirals twisting in different directions. By combining model calculations with neutron-scattering experiments, we show that the magnetic analogue of blue phases does form in the chiral itinerant magnet MnSi in a large part of the phase diagram. The properties of this blue phase explain a number of previously reported puzzling features of MnSi such as partial magnetic order and a two-component specific-heat and thermal-expansion anomaly at the magnetic transition.

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