Aging dynamics in reentrant ferromagnet: Cu$_{0.2}$Co$_{0.8}$Cl$_{2}$-FeCl$_{3}$ graphite bi-intercalation compound
Abstract
Aging dynamics of a reentrant ferromagnet CuCoCl-FeCl graphite bi-intercalation compound has been studied using AC and DC magnetic susceptibility. This compound undergoes successive transitions at the transition temperatures ( K) and ( K). The relaxation rate exhibits a characteristic peak at close to a wait time below , indicating that the aging phenomena occur in both the reentrant spin glass (RSG) phase below and the ferromagnetic (FM) phase between and . The relaxation rate () in the FM phase exhibits two peaks around and a time much shorter than under the positive -shift aging, indicating a partial rejuvenation of domains. The aging state in the FM phase is fragile against a weak magnetic-field perturbation. The time () dependence of around is well approximated by a stretched exponential relaxation: . The exponent depends on , , and . The relaxation time () exhibits a local maximum around 5 K, reflecting a chaotic nature of the FM phase. It drastically increases with decreasing temperature below .
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0406473,
title = {Aging dynamics in reentrant ferromagnet: Cu$_{0.2}$Co$_{0.8}$Cl$_{2}$-FeCl$_{3}$ graphite bi-intercalation compound},
author = {Masatsugu Suzuki and Itsuko S. Suzuki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0406473},
year = {2009}
}
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16 pages,16 figures, submitted to Physical Review B