Hidden order in spin-liquid Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂.
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Hidden order in spin-liquid Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂. / Paddison, Joseph A M; Jacobsen, Henrik; Petrenko, Oleg; Fernández-Díaz, Maria Teresa; Deen, Pascale; Goodwin, Andrew L.
In: Science, Vol. 350, No. 6257, 2015, p. 179-181.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Hidden order in spin-liquid Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂.
AU - Paddison, Joseph A M
AU - Jacobsen, Henrik
AU - Petrenko, Oleg
AU - Fernández-Díaz, Maria Teresa
AU - Deen, Pascale
AU - Goodwin, Andrew L
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Frustrated magnetic materials are promising candidates for new states of matter because lattice geometry suppresses conventional magnetic dipole order, potentially allowing "hidden" order to emerge in its place. A model of a hidden-order state at the atomic scale is difficult to deduce because microscopic probes are not directly sensitive to hidden order. Here, we develop such a model of the spin-liquid state in the canonical frustrated magnet gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd3Ga5O12). We show that this state exhibits a long-range hidden order in which multipoles are formed from 10-spin loops. The order is a consequence of the interplay between antiferromagnetic spin correlations and local magnetic anisotropy, which allows it to be indirectly observed in neutron-scattering experiments.
AB - Frustrated magnetic materials are promising candidates for new states of matter because lattice geometry suppresses conventional magnetic dipole order, potentially allowing "hidden" order to emerge in its place. A model of a hidden-order state at the atomic scale is difficult to deduce because microscopic probes are not directly sensitive to hidden order. Here, we develop such a model of the spin-liquid state in the canonical frustrated magnet gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd3Ga5O12). We show that this state exhibits a long-range hidden order in which multipoles are formed from 10-spin loops. The order is a consequence of the interplay between antiferromagnetic spin correlations and local magnetic anisotropy, which allows it to be indirectly observed in neutron-scattering experiments.
U2 - 10.1126/science.aaa5326
DO - 10.1126/science.aaa5326
M3 - Article
C2 - 26450205
VL - 350
SP - 179
EP - 181
JO - Science (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)
SN - 1095-9203
IS - 6257
ER -