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Local spin resonance and spin-Peierls-like phase transition in a geometrically frustrated antiferromagnet

S. -H. Lee, C. Broholm, T. H. Kim, W. Ratcliff, S-W. Cheong

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/9908433

Abstract

Using inelastic magnetic neutron scattering we have discovered a localized spin resonance at 4.5 meV in the ordered phase of the geometrically frustrated cubic antiferromagnet ZnCr2O4. The resonance develops abruptly from quantum critical fluctuations upon cooling through a first order transition to a co-planar antiferromagnet at Tc=12.5(5) K. We argue that this transition is a three dimensional analogue of the spin-Peierls transition.

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