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Electron correlation in the two-dimensional triangle lattice of Na$_x$CoO$_2$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-10 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

Magnetism of layered cobaltites Nax_xCoO2_2 with xx = 0.6 and 0.9 has been investigated by a positive muon spin rotation and relaxation (μ+\mu^+SR) spectroscopy together with magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements, using single crystal samples in the temperature range between 250 and 1.8 K. Zero-field (ZF-) μ+\mu^+SR measurements on Na0.9_{0.9}CoO2_2 indicates a transition from a paramagnetic to an incommensurate spin density wave state at 19 K(=TSDWT_{\sf SDW}). The anisotropic ZF-μ+\mu^+SR spectra suggest that the oscillating moments of the {\sf IC-SDW} directs along the c-axis. Since Na0.6_{0.6}CoO2_2 is paramagnetic down to 1.8 K, the magnitude of TSDWT_{\sf SDW} is found to strongly depend on xx.This behavior is well explained using the Hubbard model within a mean field approximation on two-dimensional triangle lattice in the CoO2_2 plane. Also, both the appearance of the {\sf IC-SDW} state by the change in xx and the magnitude of the electronic specific heat parameter of Na0.6_{0.6}CoO2_2 indicate that Nax_xCoO2_2 is unlikely to be a typical strongly correlated electron system.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310637,
  title  = {Electron correlation in the two-dimensional triangle lattice of Na$_x$CoO$_2$},
  author = {J. Sugiyama and J. H. Brewer and E. J. Ansaldo and B. Hitti and M. Mikami and Y. Mori and T. Sasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310637},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures