Bound spinon excitations in the spin- anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet CaReOCl

Nawa, Kazuhiro*; Hirai, Daigoro*; Kofu, Maiko; Nakajima, Kenji; Murasaki, Ryo*; Kogane, Satoshi*; Kimata, Motoi*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Hiroi, Zenji*; Sato, Taku*

Physical Review Research (Internet), 2(4), p.043121_1 - 043121_11, 2020/12

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043121

The spin excitations of the = anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet CaReOCl were investigated by inelastic neutron-scattering experiments. The spin excitation spectrum exhibits sharp dispersive modes in addition to a spinonlike continuum. The consistency with the simulated spectrum based on the random-phase approximation is better for CaReOCl than for CsCuCl, indicating that the spin system in the former remains closer to a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquidlike disordered state.

Pulsed magnet system at MLF in J-PARC

Watanabe, Masao; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*

Journal of Neutron Research, 21(1-2), p.39 - 45, 2019/05

https://doi.org/10.3233/JNR-180085

Magnetic field acts directly on the spin and the orbital motion of electron in the material and interesting quantum phenomena and phase transition are found in high magnetic field. Recently, experimental equipments using neutron beams in high magnetic field have been rapidly developed. For example, superconducting DC magnet up to 17 T has developed for neutron scattering experiments. Although the sample environment team in the MLF have several DC superconducting magnets up to 7 T as a sample environment apparatus, some users have requested the preparation of higher field magnets. However, another magnet technology is needed to generate higher than 20 T. However, it is difficult to construct such a large system in the MLF from the point of view of construction space. It is practical to employ a pulsed magnetic field as it enables operation of smaller energy as well as downsizing of the instruments. Therefore, we have been developed a compact and movable pulsed magnet system up to 30 T.

Resonant magnetic X-ray diffraction study on the successive metamagnetic transitions of TbB up to 30T

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

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 211, p.012010_1 - 012010_6, 2010/02

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/211/1/012010

Instability of magnons in two-dimensional antiferromagnets at high magnetic fields

Masuda, Takatsugu*; Kitaoka, Shuji*; Takamizawa, Satoshi*; Metoki, Naoto; Kaneko, Koji; Rule, K. C.*; Kiefer, K.*; Manaka, Hiroshi*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*

Physical Review B, 81(10), p.100402_1 - 100402_4, 2010/00

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.100402

Spin dynamics of the square lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet, BaMnGeO, is studied by a combination of bulk measurements, neutron diffraction, and inelastic neutron-scattering techniques. Easy plane type antiferromagnetic order is identified at T4.0 K. The exchange interactions are estimated as = 27.8(3) eV and = 1.0(1) eV, and the saturation field is 9.75 T. Magnetic excitation measurements with high experimental resolution setup by triple axis neutron spectrometer reveals the instability of one magnon excitation in the field range of 0.7 0.85.

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism of a valence fluctuating state in Eu at high magnetic fields

Matsuda, Yasuhiro*; Ouyang, Z. W.*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Inami, Toshiya; Owada, Kenji; Suzuki, Motohiro*; Kawamura, Naomi*; Mitsuda, Akihiro*; Wada, Hirofumi*

Physical Review Letters, 103(4), p.046402_1 - 046402_4, 2009/07

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.046402

X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) at the Eu L edge in two compounds exhibiting valence fluctuation, namely EuNi(SiGe) and EuNiP, has been investigated at high magnetic fields of up to 40T. A distinct XMCD peak corresponding to the trivalent state (Eu), whose ground state is nonmagnetic (J = 0), was observed in addition to the main XMCD peak corresponding to the magnetic (J = 7/2) divalent state (Eu). This result indicates that the 5 electrons belonging to both valence states are magnetically polarized. It was also found that the ratio (3+)/(2+) between the polarization of 5 electrons() in the Eu state and that of Eu depends on the material. The possible origin of the XMCD and an explanation of the material dependence of (3+)/(2+) are discussed in terms of hybridization between the conduction electrons and the f electrons.

The Frontiers of condensed matter science advanced by J-PARC

Fujii, Yasuhiko; Arai, Masatoshi; Kadono, Ryosuke*; Kanaya, Toshiji*; Kamiyama, Takashi*; Niimura, Nobuo*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Noda, Yukio*; Yagi, Takehiko*; Yamada, Kazuyoshi*

Kotai Butsuri, 43(7), p.441 - 450, 2008/07

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40016194703

no abstracts in English

Direct observation of field-induced variant transformation in FePt using pulsed magnetic field X-ray diffraction

Ouyang, Z. W.*; Matsuda, Yasuhiro*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Inami, Toshiya; Owada, Kenji; Tsubota, Masami*; Sakon, Takuo*; Fukuda, Takashi*; Kakeshita, Tomoyuki*

Journal of Applied Physics, 102(11), p.113917_1 - 113917_6, 2007/12

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2822278

High field X-ray diffraction study on a magnetic-field-induced valence transition in YbInCu

Matsuda, Yasuhiro*; Inami, Toshiya; Owada, Kenji; Murata, Yuto*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Murakami, Yoichi*; Ota, Hiroto*; Zhang, W.*; Yoshimura, Kazuyoshi*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 75(2), p.024710_1 - 024710_5, 2006/02

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.75.024710

We report the first high-field X-ray diffraction experiment using synchrotron X-rays and pulsedmagnetic fields exceeding 30 T. The lattice deformation due to a magnetic-field-induced valencetransition in YbInCu is studied. It has been found that the Bragg reflection profile at 32K changessignificantly at around 27 T due to the structural transition. In the vicinity of the transition field, the lowfield and high field phases alternate with the discontinuous change in the lattice constant. Thus, it isevident that the field-induced valence state transition is a first-order phase transition. The fielddependence of the low-field-phase Bragg peak intensity is found to be roughly scaled with themagnetization.

Quest for the high-filed phase of CdCrO using an X-ray diffraction technique

Inami, Toshiya; Owada, Kenji; Tsubota, Masami; Murata, Yuto*; Matsuda, Yasuhiro*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Ueda, Hiroaki*; Murakami, Yoichi*

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 51, p.502 - 505, 2006/00

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/51/1/114

no abstracts in English

X-ray diffraction experiments under pulsed magnetic fields above 30T

Inami, Toshiya; Owada, Kenji; Matsuda, Yasuhiro*; Ueda, Yuji*; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Murakami, Yoichi*; Arima, Takahisa*; Ota, Hiroto*; Zhang, W.*; Yoshimura, Kazuyoshi*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 238(1-4), p.233 - 236, 2005/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2005.06.053

Usually, X-ray diffraction experiments under strong magnetic fields are carried out using a superconducting magnet and the maximum field is limited up to 15T. In order to overcome this limitation, we have constructed an X-ray diffraction system combined with a pulsed magnet. The structural phase transition of PrCaMnO around 8 T and the valence transition of YbInCu around 26 T are shown as a demonstration.