Dynamical Scaling as a Signature of Multiple Phase Competition in Yb_{2}Ti_{2}O_{7}.
Journal
Physical review letters
ISSN: 1079-7114
Titre abrégé: Phys Rev Lett
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401141
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
18 Nov 2022
18 Nov 2022
Historique:
received:
22
02
2022
revised:
25
07
2022
accepted:
28
10
2022
entrez:
3
12
2022
pubmed:
4
12
2022
medline:
4
12
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Yb_{2}Ti_{2}O_{7} is a celebrated example of a pyrochlore magnet with highly frustrated, anisotropic exchange interactions. To date, attention has largely focused on its unusual, static properties, many of which can be understood as coming from the competition between different types of magnetic order. Here we use inelastic neutron scattering with exceptionally high energy resolution to explore the dynamical properties of Yb_{2}Ti_{2}O_{7}. We find that spin correlations exhibit dynamical scaling, analogous to behavior found near to a quantum critical point. We show that the observed scaling collapse can be explained within a phenomenological theory of multiple-phase competition, and confirm that a scaling collapse is also seen in semiclassical simulations of a microscopic model of Yb_{2}Ti_{2}O_{7}. These results suggest that dynamical scaling may be general to systems with competing ground states.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36461963
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.217202
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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