The magnetic structure of Gd_2Ti_2O_7

Details The magnetic structure of Gd_2Ti_2O_7 The magnetic structure of Gd_2Ti_2O_7

2010-08-06

arxiv.org/abs/1008.1203v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

12 pages, 15 figures

Scientific paper

We attempt to solve the magnetic structure of the gadolinium analogue of `spin-ice', using a mixture of experimental and theoretical assumptions. The eventual predictions are essentially consistent with both the Mossbauer and neutron measurements but are unrelated to previous proposals. We find two possible distinct states, one of which is coplanar and the other is fully three-dimensional. We predict that close to the initial transition the preferred state is coplanar but that at the lowest temperature the ground-state becomes fully three-dimensional. Unfortunately the energetics are consequently complicated. There is a dominant nearest-neighbour Heisenberg interaction but then a compromise solution for lifting the final degeneracy resulting from a competition between longer-range Heisenberg interactions and direct dipolar interactions on similar energy scales.

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