Unconventional spin density wave in (TMTSF)2PF6 below T4K

Mario Basletić, Bojana Korin-Hamzić, and Kazumi Maki
Phys. Rev. B 65, 235117 – Published 11 June 2002
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Abstract

The presence of subphases in the spin-density wave (SDW) phase of (TMTSF)2PF6 below T4K has been suggested by several experiments but the nature of the new phase is still controversial. We have investigated the temperature dependence of the angular dependence of the magnetoresistance in the SDW phase which shows different features for temperatures above and below T4K. For T>4K the magnetoresistance can be understood in terms of the Landau quantization of the quasiparticle spectrum in a magnetic field, where the imperfect nesting plays the crucial role. We propose that below T4K the new unconventional SDW (USDW) appears modifying dramatically the quasiparticle spectrum. Unlike conventional SDW the order parameter of USDW depends on the quasiparticle momentum Δ1(k)cos2bky. The present model describes many features of the angular dependence of magnetoresistance reasonably well. Therefore, we may conclude that the subphase in (TMTSF)2PF6 below T4K is described as SDW plus USDW.

  • Received 19 February 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.235117

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Mario Basletić*

  • Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, P.O. Box 331, HR-10001 Zagreb, Croatia

Bojana Korin-Hamzić

  • Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 304, HR-10001 Zagreb, Croatia

Kazumi Maki

  • Department of Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California 90089-0484
  • Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany

  • *Electronic mail: basletic@phy.hr

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Vol. 65, Iss. 23 — 15 June 2002

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