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Specific heat and magnetic order in LaMnO_{3+\delta}

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Magnetic and specific-heat measurements are performed in three different samples of LaMnO_{3+\delta}, with \delta=0.11, 0.15 and 0.26, presenting important disorder effects, such as carrier localization, due to high amounts of La and Mn vacancies. For the samples with \delta =0.11 and 0.15, magnetic measurements show signatures of a two-step transition: as the temperature is lowered, the system enters a ferromagnetic phase followed by a disorder-induced cluster-glass state. Spin-wave-like contributions and an unexpected large linear term are observed in the specific heat as a function of temperature. In the sample with the highest vacancy content, \delta=0.26, the disorder is sufficient to suppress even short-range ferromagnetic order and yield a spin-glass-like state.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9904232,
  title  = {Specific heat and magnetic order in LaMnO_{3+\delta}},
  author = {L. Ghivelder and I. Abrego Castillo and M. A. Gusmao and J. A. Alonso and L. F. Cohen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9904232},
  year   = {2009}
}

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