Quantum critical behavior of the hyperkagome magnet MnCoSi

山内 宏樹; Sari, D. P.*; 安井 幸夫*; 坂倉 輝俊*; 木村 宏之*; 中尾 朗子*; 大原 高志; 本田 孝志*; 樹神 克明; 井川 直樹; et al.

Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(1), p.013144_1 - 013144_9, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013144

-Mn-type family alloys Mn have three-dimensional antiferromagnetic (AFM) corner-shared triangular network. The antiferromagnet MnRhSi shows magnetic short-range order (SRO) over a wide temperature range of approximately 500 K above the Nel temperature = 190 K. MnCoSi has the smallest lattice parameter and the lowest in the family compounds. The quantum critical point (QCP) from AFM to the quantum paramagnetic state is expected near a cubic lattice parameter of 6.15 of MnCoSi is only 140 K, quantum critical behavior is observed in MnCoSi as the enhancement of the electronic specific heat coefficient . We study how the magnetic SRO appears in MnCoSi by using neutron scattering, SR, and physical property measurements. The experimental results show that the neutron scattering intensity of the magnetic SRO does not change much regardless of the suppressed magnetic moment in the long-range magnetic ordered state compared to those of MnRhSi. The initial asymmetry drop ratio of SR above becomes small, and the magnetic SRO temperature is suppressed to 240 K. The results suggest that the MnCoSi is close to the QCP in the Mn system.

Quasielastic neutron scattering probing H dynamics in the H conductors LaHO

玉造 博夢; 福井 慧賀*; 飯村 壮史*; 本田 孝志*; 多田 朋史*; 村上 洋一*; 山浦 淳一*; 倉本 義夫*; 佐賀山 基*; 山田 武*; et al.

Physical Review B, 107(18), p.184114_1 - 184114_8, 2023/05

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.184114

Using an incoherent quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) technique, we investigate H dynamics in a series of oxyhydrides LaHO that exhibit characteristic high H conductivity. In the end member LaH ( = 0), two kinds of H dynamics are identified: the jump diffusion and the localized motion. The jump length in the jump diffusion mode increases with increasing . The localized motion is identified as a jump between the two inequivalent sites. These dynamics are corroborated by our molecular dynamical simulations. Our QENS data suggest that similar H dynamics occurs also in oxyhydrides LaHO ( 0), whose H concentration dependence is consistent with the previous measurement of ionic conductivity. We also discuss the possibility that LaHO is an example of H ion conductors governed by the concerted migration mechanism. The identified H dynamics is a key to understanding the anomalous hydrogen concentration dependence of the diffusion coefficient in lanthanum hydrides, which has been a longstanding mystery in this compound.

Magnetic structure of short-range ordering in intermetallic antiferromagnet MnRhSi

樹神 克明; 本田 孝志*; 山内 宏樹; 社本 真一*; 池田 一貴*; 大友 季哉*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 90(7), p.074710_1 - 074710_7, 2021/07

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.90.074710

Magnetic pair distribution function (mPDF) of intermetallic antiferromagnet MnRhSi is estimated from the powder neutron diffraction data. The mPDF exhibits negative peak at about = 2.7 corresponding to the nearest neighbor Mn-Mn distance above the antiferromagnetic transition temperature . Below , the mPDF is a superposition of the mPDF with the negative peak at about = 2.7 and the mPDF calculated from the antiferromagnetic structure which is determined by the previous neutron diffraction study, indicating the coexistence of the short range ordering and the antiferromagnetic long range ordering. The mPDF of the short range ordering is not reproduced by the magnetic structure model with the symmetry consistent with that of the crystal structure. The possible magnetic structure which can reproduce the observed mPDF of the short range ordering is proposed.

Development and application of a He neutron spin filter at J-PARC

奥平 琢也; 奥 隆之; 猪野 隆*; 林田 洋寿*; 吉良 弘*; 酒井 健二; 廣井 孝介; 高橋 慎吾*; 相澤 一也; 遠藤 仁*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 977, p.164301_1 - 164301_8, 2020/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164301

We are developing a neutron polarizer with polarized He gas, referred to as a He spin filter, based on the Spin Exchange Optical Pumping (SEOP) for polarized neutron scattering experiments at Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). A He gas-filling station was constructed at J-PARC, and several He cells with long spin relaxation times have been fabricated using the gas-filling station. A laboratory has been prepared in the MLF beam hall for polarizing He cells, and compact pumping systems with laser powers of 30 W and 110 W, which can be installed onto a neutron beamline, have been developed. A He polarization of 85% was achieved at a neutron beamline by using the pumping system with the 110 W laser. Recently, the first user experiment utilizing the He spin filter was conducted, and there have been several more since then. The development and utilization of He spin filters at MLF of J-PARC are reported.

Quantum dynamics of hydrogen in the iron-based superconductor LaFeAsOD measured with inelastic neutron spectroscopy

山浦 淳一*; 平賀 晴弘*; 飯村 壮史*; 村場 善行*; Bang, J.*; 池内 和彦*; 中村 充孝; 稲村 泰弘; 本田 孝志*; 平石 雅俊*; et al.

Physical Review B, 99(22), p.220505_1 - 220505_6, 2019/06

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.220505

鉄系超伝導体LaFeAsODの非弾性中性子散乱実験により、超伝導転移温度26K以下において、5-15meVのエネルギー領域に新しい励起が生じることを見出した。なお、この励起は母物質であるLaFeAsOFでは現れない。14.5meVと11.1meVに現れる強い励起は水素の量子ラットリングまたはバンド運動に起因し、格子間サイトが2個以上のポテンシャル極小点を有する場合にのみ出現するものと結論付けた。

Elastic and dynamical structural properties of La and Mn-doped SrTiO studied by neutron scattering and their relation with thermal conductivities

梶本 亮一; 中村 充孝; 村井 直樹; 社本 真一; 本田 孝志*; 池田 一貴*; 大友 季哉*; 畑 博人*; 江藤 貴弘*; 野田 正亮*; et al.

Scientific Reports (Internet), 8(1), p.9651_1 - 9651_8, 2018/06

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27984-z

The electron-doped SrTiO exhibits good thermoelectric properties, which makes this material a promising candidate of an n-type oxide thermoelectric device. Recent studies indicated that only a few percent co-doping of La and Mn in SrTiO substantially reduces the thermal conductivity, thereby greatly improving the thermoelectric figure of merit at room temperature. Our time-of-flight neutron scattering studies revealed that by doping both La and Mn into SrTiO, the inelastic scattering spectrum shows a momentum-independent increase in the low-energy spectral weight approximately below 10 meV. The increase in the low-energy spectral weight exhibits a clear correlation with thermal conductivity. The correlation is attributed to dynamical and local structural fluctuations caused by the Jahn-Teller instability in Mn ions coupled with the incipient ferroelectric nature of SrTiO, as the origin of the low thermal conductivity.

Structural investigation of magnetocapacitive SmMnO

前田 裕貴*; 石黒 友貴*; 本田 孝志*; Jung, J.-S.*; 道村 真司*; 稲見 俊哉; 木村 剛*; 若林 裕助*

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 121(3), p.265 - 267, 2013/03

https://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.121.265

磁気容量性物質SmMnOの構造変化を磁場中X線回折実験から研究した。この反強磁性体は数テスラの磁場が印加されたときのみ誘電率に9Kで跳びを示す。磁場中X線回折実験からはc面内(Pbnm)の原子変移を伴う構造変化はないことが明らかになったが、60Kでの反強磁性転移によりMnO八面体の大きな回転が生じることがわかった。この回転は交換相互作用を通したエネルギーの獲得を最大にするように起こっている。

磁気PDF解析を用いたMnFeTiOのスピングラス状態における短距離磁気相関の観測

樹神 克明; 本田 孝志*; 池田 一貴*; 社本 真一; 大友 季哉*

no journal, , 

磁気対相関関数(磁気PDF)は磁気モーメント間の相関を実空間であらわす量であり、シャープな磁気ブラッグピークを示さない短距離磁気秩序を調べる上で有効である。本研究では磁気PDF解析の適用例としてスピングラス物質MnFeTiO(x=0.5)を取り上げ、J-PARCに設置されている全散乱装置NOVAを用いて粉末中性子回折実験を行った。実験から得られた磁気PDFは異なる2つの短距離磁気相関の線形結合で再現され、過去に報告されている磁気相関の競合によるスピングラスの発現と一致する結果が得られた。

磁気対相関関数を用いた金属磁性体MnRhSiの局所磁気構造解析

樹神 克明; 本田 孝志*; 山内 宏樹; 社本 真一; 池田 一貴*; 大友 季哉*

no journal, , 

磁気対相関関数(磁気PDF)はある距離rの位置にある磁気モーメント間の相関をあらわす実空間の物理量で、波数空間でシャープな磁気ブラッグピークを示さない長距離秩序をもたない磁気配列を調べる上で有効と考えられる。我々は空間反転対称性のない金属磁性体MnRhSiの磁気構造を調べるために、J-PARC全散乱装置NOVAを用いて粉末中性子回折実験を行った。得られた磁気散乱強度データから導出した磁気PDFを用いて磁気転移温度上下での短距離磁気構造を調べた結果を報告する。

Elastic and dynamical structural properties of La and Mn-doped SrTiO studied by neutron scattering and their relation with thermal conductivities

梶本 亮一; 中村 充孝; 村井 直樹; 社本 真一; 本田 孝志*; 池田 一貴*; 大友 季哉*; 畑 博人*; 江藤 貴弘*; 野田 正亮*; et al.

no journal, , 

The electron-doped SrTiO exhibits good thermoelectric properties. Recent studies indicated that only a few percent co-doping of La and Mn in SrTiO substantially reduces the thermal conductivity. Then, we investigated the static as well as dynamical structural properties of La and Mn-doped SrTiO by time-of-flight elastic and inelastic neutron scattering. We found that the La-Mn co-doped samples show tetragonal structures similar to the low-temperature structure of SrTiO, while the La-doped and Mn-doped samples maintain cubic structures with the same symmetry as the high-temperature structure of SrTiO. However, it is unlikely that it is the origin of the low thermal conductivity, since the structural transition in SrTiO does not significantly change the thermal conductivity. On the other hand, we found that the inelastic scattering spectrum shows a momentum-independent increase in the low-energy spectral weight by the co-doping. Interestingly, the increase in the low-energy spectral weight exhibits a clear correlation with thermal conductivity. The substitution of Sr ions by La ions results in the electron doping, and further doping of the Mn ions are expected to create Jahn-Teller active Mn ions. We consider that dynamical and local structural fluctuations caused by the Jahn-Teller instability in Mn ions coupled with the incipient ferroelectric nature of SrTiO induce additional low-energy scatterings and correspond to the origin of low thermal conductivity in the La and Mn co-doped compounds.