Studies of new low-dimensional quantum spin systems with the spin gap
Project/Area Number |
16540334
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Condensed matter physics II
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Research Institution | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) |
Principal Investigator |
HASE Masashi National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Nanomaterials Laboratory, Senior Researcher, ナノマテリアル研究所, 主幹研究員 (40281654)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OZAWA Kiyoshi National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Materials Laboratory, Senior Researcher, 材料研究所, 主幹研究員 (90343855)
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Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
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Keywords | magnetic susceptibility / magnetization / specific heat / Cu_2CdB_2O_6 / spin-singlet state / antiferromagnetic long-range order / A_2Cu_2Mo_3O_<12> (A=Rb or Cs) / competing system / 磁性 / 磁化 / 量子モンテカルロ計算 / 1次元系 / 高磁場磁化 / 厳密対角化 |
Research Abstract |
We have studied magnetism of Rb_2Cu_2Mo_3O_<12>. From the comparison between experimental and calculated results, we found that this cuprate can be considered as a model compound of a one-dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg system with ferromagnetic first-nearest-neighbor (1NN) and antiferromagnetic (AF) second-nearest-neighbor (2NN) competing interactions (competing system). Values of the 1NN and 2NN exchange interactions are estimated as J_1 = -138 K and J_2= 51 K (α = J_2/J_1 = -0.37). This value of a suggests that the ground state is a spin-singlet incommensurate state. We have also studied magnetism of Cu_2CdB_2O_6. There are two kinds of Cu sites [Cu(1) and Cu(2)], which are located adjacent to each other, and three kinds of exchange interactions (J_1,J_2, and J_3). AF dimers of the Cu(1) spins and AF uniform chains of the Cu(2) spins are formed by J_1 and J_3 interactions, respectively. The J_2 interaction connects the Cu(1) and Cu(2) spins. We found the appearance of antiferromagnet
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ic long-range order (AFLRO) with the transition temperature T_N= 9.8 K from the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility and specific heat. We also found a 1/2 magnetization plateau in the magnetic fields above 23 T from the magnetic-field dependence of the magnetization. Experimental results agree with the quantum Monte Carlo results for the spin model with J_1 = 160 K, J_2= 38.8 K, and J_3= 9.7 K. Spin states can be understood as follows. In the magnetic fields below 23 T, the Cu(1) and Cu(2) spins form a nearly spin-singlet state and AFLRO, respectively. In the magnetic fields above 23 T, on the contrary, the nearly spin-singlet state of the Cu(1) spins are almost unchanged and the Cu(2) spins are almost polarized parallel to the magnetic field. As a result, we discovered that the nearly spin-singlet state and AFLRO coexist, although the interaction between the Cu(1) and Cu(2) spins cannot be ignored. Cu_2CdB_2O_6 is the first material in quantum spin systems that shows such coexistence in an atomic scale. Less
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