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Field-Induced Two-Step Phase Transitions in the Singlet Ground State Triangular Antiferromagnet CsFeBr3

Y. Tanaka, H. Tanaka, T. Ono, A. Oosawa, K. Morishita, K. Iio, T. Kato, H. Aruga Katori, M. Bartashevich, T. Goto

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0104287

Abstract

The ground state of the stacked triangular antiferromagnet CsFeBr3 is a spin singlet due to the large single ion anisotropy D(Sz)2. The field-induced magnetic ordering in this compound was investigated by the magnetic susceptibility, the magnetization process and specific heat measurements for an external field parallel to the c-axis. Unexpectedly, two phase transitions were observed in the magnetic field H higher than 3 T. The phase diagram for temperature versus magnetic field was obtained. The mechanism leading to the successive phase transitions is discussed.

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