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Anomalous NMR response of quasicrystalline icosahedral A72.4Pd20.5Mn7.1 at low temperatures

J. L. Gavilano, D. Rau, Sh. Mushkolaj, H. R. Ott, J. Dolinsek, K. Urban

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0106447

Abstract

We report the observation of an anomalous 27Al-NMR response of a single grain Al72.4Pd20.5Mn7.1 icosahedral quasicrystal at low temperatures. In an external magnetic field of 6 T and upon decreasing temperature, we observe a sharp 100 % increase of the resonance linewidth at 2.5 K. No further changes of the linewidth are observed down to 0.05 K. The linewidth enhancement is accompanied by a small but distinct increase of the spin-lattice relaxation rate T1-1 and by a maximum of the spin-spin relaxation time T2(T). All these anomalies are absent in external fields of 2.5 T and below. Our observations indicate unusual variations in the stability of isolated magnetic moments in a quasiperiodic metallic environment.

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