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Field-induced incommensurate phase in the strong-rung spin ladder with ferromagnetic legs

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2014-06-10 v1

Abstract

We report magnetization, specific heat, and NMR measurements of 3-Br-4-F-V [=3-(3-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-1,5-diphenylverdazyl], a strong-rung S=1/2 Heisenberg spin ladder with ferromagnetic leg interactions. We explain the magnetic and thermodynamic properties based on the strong-rung regime. Furthermore, we find a field-induced successive phase transition in the specific heat and the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1. 19F-NMR spectra for higher- and lower-temperature phases indicate partial magnetic order and incommensurate long-range order, respectively, evidencing the presence of frustration due to weak interladder couplings.

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@article{arxiv.1406.2231,
  title  = {Field-induced incommensurate phase in the strong-rung spin ladder with ferromagnetic legs},
  author = {H. Yamaguchi and H. Miyagai and M. Yoshida and M. Takigawa and K. Iwase and T. Ono and N. Kase and K. Araki and S. Kittaka and T. Sakakibara and T. Shimokawa and T. Okubo and K. Okunishi and A. Matsuo and Y. Hosokoshi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.2231},
  year   = {2014}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures