Field-driven transitions in the dipolar pyrochlore antiferromagnet Gd2Ti2O7

Olivier Cépas and B. Sriram Shastry
Phys. Rev. B 69, 184402 – Published 6 May 2004
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Abstract

We present a mean-field theory for magnetic-field-driven transitions in dipolar coupled gadolinium titanate Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore system. Low-temperature neutron scattering yields a phase that can be regarded as a eight sublattice antiferromagnet, in which long-ranged ordered moments and fluctuating moments coexist. Our theory gives parameter regions where such a phase is realized, and predicts several other phases, with transitions amongst them driven by magnetic field as well as temperature. We find several instances of local disorder parameters describing the transitions.

  • Received 18 June 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.184402

©2004 American Physical Society

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Olivier Cépas1 and B. Sriram Shastry1,2

  • 1Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
  • 2Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA

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Vol. 69, Iss. 18 — 1 May 2004

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