Magnetic Neutron Scattering Study of YVO3: Evidence for an Orbital Peierls State

C. Ulrich, G. Khaliullin, J. Sirker, M. Reehuis, M. Ohl, S. Miyasaka, Y. Tokura, and B. Keimer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 257202 – Published 16 December 2003; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 269903 (2003)

Abstract

Neutron spectroscopy has revealed a highly unusual magnetic structure and dynamics in YVO3, an insulating pseudocubic perovskite that undergoes a series of temperature-induced phase transitions between states with different spin and orbital ordering patterns. A good description of the neutron data is obtained by a theoretical analysis of the spin and orbital correlations of a quasi-one-dimensional model. This leads to the tentative identification of one of the phases of YVO3 with the “orbital Peierls state,” a theoretically proposed many-body state comprised of orbital singlet bonds.

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  • Received 26 November 2002
  • Publisher error corrected 17 December 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.257202

©2003 American Physical Society

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17 December 2003

Erratum

Publisher’s Note: Magnetic Neutron Scattering Study of YVO3: Evidence for an Orbital Peierls State [Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 257202 (2003)]

C. Ulrich, G. Khaliullin, J. Sirker, M. Reehuis, M. Ohl, S. Miyasaka, Y. Tokura, and B. Keimer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 269903 (2003)

Authors & Affiliations

C. Ulrich1, G. Khaliullin1, J. Sirker2, M. Reehuis3, M. Ohl4,5, S. Miyasaka6, Y. Tokura6,7, and B. Keimer1

  • 1Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2Theoretische Physik I, Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
  • 3Institut für Physik, EKM, Universität Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
  • 4Institut Laue-Langevin, 156X, 38042 Grenoble, France
  • 5Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
  • 6Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, 113 Tokyo, Japan
  • 7Correlated Electron Research Center (CERC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8562, Japan

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Dimerization versus Orbital-Moment Ordering in a Mott Insulator YVO3

Peter Horsch, Giniyat Khaliullin, and Andrzej M. Oleś
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Vol. 91, Iss. 25 — 19 December 2003

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