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Magnetic-field- and pressure-induced quantum phase transition in CsFeCl$_3$ proved via magnetization measurement

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2016-09-28 v2

Abstract

We have performed magnetization measurements of the gapped quantum magnet CsFeCl3_3 at temperatures (TT) down to 0.5\,K at ambient pressure and down to 1.8\,K at hydrostatic pressures (PP) of up to 1.5\,GPa. The lower-field (HH) phase boundary of the field-induced ordered phase at ambient pressure is found to follow the power-law behavior expressed by the formula HN(T)H_{\rm N}(T)\,-\,HcH_{\rm c}\,\propto\,TNϕT_{\rm N}^{\phi}. The application of pressure extends the phase boundary to both a lower field and higher temperature. Above the critical pressure PcP_{\rm c}\,\sim\,0.9\,GPa, the transition field HNH_{\rm N} associated with the excitation gap becomes zero, and a signature of the magnetic phase transition is found in the TT-dependence of magnetization in a very low applied field. This suggests that CsFeCl3_3 exhibits a pressure-induced magnetic phase transition at PcP_{\rm c}.

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@article{arxiv.1606.00109,
  title  = {Magnetic-field- and pressure-induced quantum phase transition in CsFeCl$_3$ proved via magnetization measurement},
  author = {Nobuyuki Kurita and Hidekazu Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.00109},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B