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Interplay between phase defects and spin polarization in the specific heat of the spin density wave compound (TMTTF)2Br in a magnetic field

R. Mélin, J. C. Lasjaunias, S. Sahling, G. Remenyi, K. Biljakovic

cond-mat.dis-nnarXiv:cond-mat/0606403

Abstract

Equilibrium heat relaxation experiments provide evidence that the ground state of the commensurate spin density wave (SDW) compound (TMTTF)2Br after the application of a sufficient magnetic field is different from the conventional ground state. The experiments are interpreted on the basis of the local model of strong pinning as the deconfinement of soliton-antisoliton pairs triggered by the Zeeman coupling to spin degrees of freedom, resulting in a magnetic field induced density wave glass for the spin carrying phase configuration.

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