Resonant magnetic X-ray diffraction study on successive metamagnetic transitions in TbB

共鳴磁気X線回折によるTbBの多段メタ磁性転移の研究

稲見 俊哉; 大和田 謙二; 松田 康弘*; Ouyang, Z. W.*; 野尻 浩之*; 松村 武*; 奥山 大輔*; 村上 洋一*

Inami, Toshiya; Owada, Kenji; Matsuda, Yasuhiro*; Ouyang, Z. W.*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Matsumura, Takeshi*; Okuyama, Daisuke*; Murakami, Yoichi*

Resonant magnetic X-ray diffraction experiments on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice TbB were carried out under pulsed magnetic fields up to 30 T at 8 K. TbB exhibits a multi-step magnetization process above 16 T below about 20 K when magnetic fields are applied along the -axis. We examined the intensity of the 010 magnetic reflection as a function of magnetic field and found that the magnetization plateau phases are accompanied by large XY components of magnetic moments. We propose novel magnetic structures which consist of XY spins and Ising spins for the plateau phases. We also propose that energy level-crossing and its inherent degeneracy give rise to the successive met magnetic transitions in TbB.