Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2004-01-16
Europhys. Lett.,65 (5), pp.705-711 (2004)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
7 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1209/epl/i2003-10164-5
The magnetization process of an S=1/2 antiferromagnet on the kagome lattice, [Cu_3(titmb)_2(OCOCH_3)_6]H_2O {titmb= 1,3,5-tris(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2,4,6 trimethylbenzene} has been measured at very low temperatures in both pulsed and steady fields. We have found a new dynamical behavior in the magnetization process: a plateau at one third of the saturation magnetization appears in the pulsed field experiments for intermediate sweep rates of the magnetic field and disappears in the steady field experiments. A theoretical analysis using exact diagonalization yields J_1=-19K and J_2=6K, for the nearest neighbor and second nearest neighbor interactions, respectively. This set of exchange parameters explains the very low saturation field and the absence of the plateau in the thermodynamic equilibrium as well as the two-peak feature in the magnetic heat capacity. Supported by numerical results we argue that a dynamical order by disorder phenomenon could explain the transient appearance of the 1/3 plateau in pulsed field experiments.
Domenge Jean-Christophe
Honda Z.
Katsumata Katsurou
Kindo Koichi
Kobayashi Tatsuo C.
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