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Zhu, M.*; Romerio, V.*; Steiger, N.*; Nabi, S. D.*; 村井 直樹; 河村 聖子; Povarov, K. Y.*; Skourski, Y.*; Sibille, R.*; Keller, L.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 133(18), p.186704_1 - 186704_6, 2024/11
被引用回数:9 パーセンタイル:91.73(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Magnetic, thermodynamic, neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering are used to study spin correlations in the easy-axis XXZ triangular lattice magnet KCo(SeO
)
. Despite the presence of quasi-2D supersolid magnetic order, the low-energy excitation spectrum contains no sharp modes and is instead a broad and structured multiparticle continuum. Applying a weak magnetic field drives the system into an m = 1/3 fractional magnetization plateau phase and restores sharp spin wave modes. To some extent, the behavior at zero field can be understood in terms of spin wave decay. However, the presence of clear excitation minima at the M points of the Brillouin zone suggest that the spinon language may provide a more adequate description, and signals a possible proximity to a Dirac spin liquid state.
楡井 真実; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; 菊地 龍弥*; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; 原田 正英; 稲村 泰弘
Journal of Neutron Research, 26(2-3), p.75 - 82, 2024/09
We investigated neutron flux at a sample position and energy resolution of a direct-geometry disk-chopper spectrometer AMATERAS under various chopper conditions and compared them with simulations and calculations. The measured flux was comparable to other similar spectrometers with high flux. The resolution when using a pulse-shaping chopper was in close agreement with the analytical calculations, including the thickness of the disk chopper, the sample size, and the penetration depth into the detector. It is found that the chopper, placed at the intermediate distance of the primary spectrometer, works as a pulse shaper that optimizes the flux and resolution below the incident energy of 10 meV.
Gu, Y. Q.*; Gu, Y. M.*; Liu, F.*; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; Zhao, J.*
Physical Review Letters, 132(24), p.246702_1 - 246702_7, 2024/06
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:64.46(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Materials manifesting the Kitaev model, characterized by bond-dependent interactions on a honeycomb lattice, can host exotic phenomena like quantum spin liquid states and topological magnetic excitations. However, finding such materials remains a formidable challenge. Here, we report high-resolution inelastic neutron scattering measurements performed on VI, a van der Waals ferromagnetic Mott insulator, covering a wide range of reciprocal space. Our measurements unveil highly anisotropic magnetic excitations in momentum space. Through a comprehensive comparative analysis of various models that incorporate diverse symmetry-allowed magnetic interactions, we find the observed excitations are well captured by a model with a large bond-dependent Kitaev interaction. These results not only help to understand the intriguing properties of VI
, such as the pronounced anomalous thermal Hall effects and strong pressure or structure dependence of magnetism, but also open a new avenue for exploring Kitaev physics.
Nagl, J.*; Flavin, D.*; Hayashida, S.*; Povarov, K. Y.*; Yan, M.*; 村井 直樹; 河村 聖子; Simutis, F.*; Hicken, T. J.*; Luetkens, H.*; et al.
Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(2), p.023267_1 - 023267_18, 2024/06
We investigate the rare-earth-based frustrated quantum antiferromagnet PrBWO
, previously considered a spin-liquid candidate. Our experimental and theoretical analysis reveals that its ground state is better described as a quantum paramagnet, governed by an Ising model in a transverse field. While in-plane correlations exist, the dominant interactions form frustrated triangular spin tubes via competing ferro-antiferromagnetic bonds. The system's thermodynamic and dynamic properties are significantly influenced by hyperfine interactions and weak structural disorder.
古府 麻衣子; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; 石井 梨恵子*; 平井 大悟郎*; 有馬 寛*; 舟越 賢一*
Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(1), p.013006_1 - 013006_9, 2024/01
We revisited spin dynamics in archetypical classical spin glass systems, such as CuMn
(
, 0.034, and 0.067) dilute alloys and iron aluminosilicate glass using a modern neutron scattering spectrometer with high neutron flux. The former is crystalline, and the latter is amorphous, where their spin glass state is well separated from magnetically ordered phases. Bose-scaled localized magnetic excitations were observed in both compounds below the spin-freezing temperature (
). The spectrum exhibits a maximum at low energy and a broad tail on the high-energy side. The excitation energy tends to be higher for the material with a higher
. Above the
, the spectrum considerably changes with temperature, thereby indicating the emergence of the magnetic relaxation process. The magnetic excitation in the spin glass state has much in common with the boson peak in structural glasses. We consider that the Bose-scaled broad excitation peak is an elementary excitation inherent in disordered systems.
Shangguan, Y.*; Bao, S.*; Dong, Z.-Y.*; Xi, N.*; Gao, Y.-P.*; Ma, Z.*; Wang, W.*; Qi, Z.*; Zhang, S.*; Huang, Z.*; et al.
Nature Physics, 19(12), p.1883 - 1889, 2023/09
被引用回数:19 パーセンタイル:93.50(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The magnetization of a quantum magnet can be pinned at a fraction of its saturated value by collective effects. One example of such a plateau phase is found in spin-1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnets. They feature strong geometrical frustration and the plateau phase therein is often interpreted as arising from an order-by-disorder mechanism driven by quantum fluctuations. Here we observe a one-third magnetization plateau under an applied magnetic field in the spin-1 antiferromagnet NaNi
BiO
with a honeycomb lattice, which, with conventional magnetic interactions, would not be geometrically frustrated. Based on our elastic neutron scattering measurements, we propose the spin structure of the plateau phase to be an unusual partial spin-flop ferrimagnetic order. Our theoretical calculations indicate that bond-anisotropic Kitaev interactions are the source of frustration that produces the plateau. These results suggest that Kitaev interactions provide a different route to frustration and phases driven by quantum fluctuations in high-spin magnets.
藤原 理賀; 萩原 雅人; 森田 克洋*; 村井 直樹; 幸田 章宏*; 岡部 博孝*; 満田 節生*
Physical Review B, 107(5), p.054435_1 - 054435_8, 2023/02
被引用回数:3 パーセンタイル:37.63(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary) = 1/2ハイゼンベルグ直線鎖反強磁性体は、最も単純なスピンモデルであるが、様々な量子多体現象のプラットフォームを提供する。この論文では、準一次元反強磁性体KCuPO
H
Oの磁性を報告した。
= 11.7(1)Kにおいて、格子整合な長距離反強磁性秩序が形成され、その磁気モーメントの大きさは0.31(1)
である事がわかった。また鎖内相互作用
と鎖間相互作用
の大きさはそれぞれ172Kと4.25(4)Kと見積もられ、
/
の比は0.0247(3)である。中性子非弾性散乱実験により、
より高温では、一次元ハイゼンベルグ量子スピン鎖の特徴である連続体励起スペクトルが観測され、
より低温では、分散励起にスピンギャップが観測された。これらの結果は、弱く結合した
= 1/2ハイゼンベルグスピン鎖系で観測される性質と一致する。
Wu, P.*; 村井 直樹; Li, T.*; 梶本 亮一; 中村 充孝; 古府 麻衣子; 中島 健次; Xia, K.*; Peng, K.*; Zhang, Y.*; et al.
New Journal of Physics (Internet), 25(1), p.013032_1 - 013032_11, 2023/01
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The understanding of the lattice dynamics is essential for engineering the thermal transport properties in quantum materials. Based on the canonical point of view, acoustic phonons are believed to be the principal thermal carriers in heat flow. Here, in this work, optical phonons are elucidated to play a pivotal role in determining the lattice thermal conductivity in thermoelectric material SnS by using the state-of-the-art inelastic neutron scattering technique combined with first-principles calculations. Additionally, in contrast to acoustic phonons, optical phonons are observed to exhibit pronounced softening and broadening with temperature. Our observations not only shed light on the significance of the optical phonons in thermal transport but also provide a vital clue to suppress the propagation of optical phonons to optimize the thermoelectric performance of SnS.
石井 悠衣*; 山本 有梨沙*; 佐藤 直大*; 南部 雄亮*; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; 尾原 幸治*; 河口 彰吾*; 森 孝雄*; 森 茂生*
Physical Review B, 106(13), p.134111_1 - 134111_7, 2022/10
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)We report that complete suppression of a phonon-driven structural phase transition causes partial breakdown of a three-dimensional translation symmetry in a well-defined sublattice. This state is revealed for a dielectric compound, BaSr
Al
O
, that comprises an AlO
network incorporated into a hexagonal Ba(Sr) sublattice. Pair distribution function analyses and inelastic neutron scattering experiments provide clear-cut evidence of the AlO
network forming a continuum of Al-O short-range correlations similar to glasses, whereas the Ba(Sr) sublattice preserves the original translational symmetry. This glassy network significantly dampens the phonon spectrum and transforms it into the broad one resembling those typically observed in glass materials.
Chen, L.*; Mao, C.*; Chung, J.-H.*; Stone, M. B.*; Kolesnikov, A. I.*; Wang, X.*; 村井 直樹; Gao, B.*; Delaire, O.*; Dai, P.*
Nature Communications (Internet), 13, p.4037_1 - 4037_7, 2022/07
被引用回数:22 パーセンタイル:81.53(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Spin and lattice are two fundamental degrees of freedom in a solid, and their fluctuations about the equilibrium values in a magnetic ordered crystalline lattice form quasiparticles termed magnons (spin waves) and phonons (lattice waves), respectively. In most materials with strong spin-lattice coupling (SLC), the interaction of spin and lattice induces energy gaps in the spin wave dispersion at the nominal intersections of magnon and phonon modes. Here we use neutron scattering to show that in the two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals honeycomb lattice ferromagnetic CrGeTe, spin waves propagating within the 2D plane exhibit an anomalous dispersion, damping, and breakdown of quasiparticle conservation, while magnons along the c axis behave as expected for a local moment ferromagnet. These results indicate the presence of dynamical SLC arising from the zero-temperature quantum fluctuations in CrGeTe
, suggesting that the observed in-plane spin waves are mixed spin and lattice quasiparticles fundamentally different from pure magnons and phonons.
中島 健次; 河村 聖子; 古府 麻衣子; 村井 直樹; 稲村 泰弘; 菊地 龍弥*; 若井 大介*
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 33, p.011089_1 - 011089_7, 2021/03
J-PARCに設置されている冷中性子ディスクチョッパー型分光器AMATERASの近況について報告する。最後に報告を行った2017年以降、新たな検出器の増設、散乱真空槽の真空系の更新作業(継続中)等を行っている。また、分解能について再調査を実施した。この他、2018年、2019年のJ-PARCの1MW試験時に試験測定も行った。今後の高度化計画についても触れる。
Hao, Y. Q.*; Wo, H. L.*; Gu, Y. M.*; Zhang, X. W.*; Gu, Y. Q.*; Zheng, S. Y.*; Zhao, Y.*; Xu, G. Y.*; Lynn, J. W.*; 中島 健次; et al.
Science China; Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 64(3), p.237411_1 - 237411_6, 2021/03
被引用回数:12 パーセンタイル:69.00(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We report thermodynamic and neutron diffraction measurements on the magnetic ordering properties of the honeycomb lattice magnet YbCl. We find YbCl
exhibits a N
el type long-range magnetic order at the wavevector (0, 0, 0) below T
= 600 mK. This magnetic order is associated with a small sharp peak in heat capacity and most magnetic entropy release occurs above the magnetic ordering temperature. The magnetic moment lies in-plane, parallel to the monoclinic a-axis, whose magnitude m
= 0.86(3)
is considerably smaller than the expected fully ordered moment of 2.24
for the doublet crystal-field ground state. The magnetic ordering moment gradually increases with increasing magnetic field perpendicular to the ab-plane, reaching a maximum value of 1.6(2)
at 4 T, before it is completely suppressed above
9 T. These results indicate the presence of strong quantum fluctuations in YbCl
.
飯田 一樹*; 吉田 紘行*; 中尾 朗子*; Jeschke, H. O.*; Iqbal, Y.*; 中島 健次; 河村 聖子; 宗像 孝司*; 稲村 泰弘; 村井 直樹; et al.
Physical Review B, 101(22), p.220408_1 - 220408_6, 2020/06
被引用回数:28 パーセンタイル:79.78(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)鉱物センテニアライトCaCu(OD)
Cl
0.6D
Oの結晶構造と磁気構造をシンクロトロンX線回折と中性子回折測定に密度汎関数理論(DFT)と疑似フェルミオン汎関数繰り込み群(PFFRG)の計算を組み合わせることで調べた。CaCu
(OD)
Cl
0.6D
OではCu
イオンは反強磁性
と幾何学的に完全なカゴメネットワークを形成する。Cu
とCa
イオン間のサイト間無秩序は見つからなかった。CaCu
(OD)
Cl
0.6D
Oは
=7.2K以下で磁気秩序を示し、負のベクトルスピンキラリティーを持つ
=0の磁気構造が現れる。0.3Kでの秩序モーメントは0.58(2)
Bに抑えられている。我々のDFT計算では、この系が量子臨界点の近くにあり、
-
-
カゴメ反強磁性体の優れた実現であることを示唆している。
飯田 一樹*; 古府 麻衣子; 鈴木 雄大*; 村井 直樹; 河村 聖子; 梶本 亮一; 稲村 泰弘; 石角 元志*; 長谷川 舜介*; 益田 隆嗣*; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 89(5), p.053702_1 - 053702_5, 2020/05
被引用回数:23 パーセンタイル:78.59(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We investigated the low-energy incommensurate (IC) magnetic fluctuations in SrRuO
by the high-resolution inelastic neutron scattering measurements and random phase approximation (RPA) calculations. We observed a spin resonance with energy of
meV centered at a characteristic wavevector
. The resonance energy corresponds well to the superconducting gap 2
= 0.56 meV estimated by the tunneling spectroscopy. The spin resonance shows the
modulation with a maximum at around
. The
modulated intensity of the spin resonance and our RPA calculations indicate that the superconducting gaps regarding the quasi-one-dimensional
and
sheets at the Fermi surfaces have the horizontal line nodes. These results may set a strong constraint on the pairing symmetry of Sr
RuO
. We also discuss the implications on possible superconducting order parameters.
村井 直樹; 福田 竜生; 中島 正道*; 河村 光晶*; 石川 大介*; 田島 節子*; Baron, A. Q. R.*
Physical Review B, 101(3), p.035126_1 - 035126_6, 2020/01
被引用回数:7 パーセンタイル:34.47(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)非弾性X線散乱を用いたFeSe超伝導体のフォノン研究について報告する。実験的に決定したフォノン分散と非磁性相の密度汎関数理論(DFT)とを比較を行うと、両所の間には顕著な不一致が見られた。FeSeは磁気秩序を示さないにもかかわらず、スピン偏極DFTを用いることによって初めて実験結果は再現される。この解析は、強いスピン揺らぎを内在した常時性状態における近似を与える。
出田 真一郎*; 村井 直樹; 中島 正道*; 梶本 亮一; 田中 清尚*
Physical Review B, 100(23), p.235135_1 - 235135_7, 2019/12
被引用回数:3 パーセンタイル:13.18(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)BaK
Fe
As
has an exotic physical property where that the C
-SDW phase suddenly changes to the C
-magnetic phase and superconductivity is suppressed within a narrow composition range around x = 0.25. We have investigated the doping dependence of the electronic structure of Ba
K
Fe
As
using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and found an anomaly in the superconducting (SC) gap structure only for x = 0.25 in both the hole and electron Fermi surfaces (FSs). We also propose that the mechanism of a newly observed double-resonance peak by inelastic neutron scattering is understandable by the SC gap obtained by ARPES. Our discovery reveals the important relationship between the C
- magnetic phase and superconductivity, and provides an opportunity to survey the underlying relationship between the SC gap and resonance mode in the hole-doped iron-based superconductor.
村井 直樹; 福田 竜生; 田島 節子*; Baron, A. Q. R.*
放射光, 32(4), p.199 - 208, 2019/07
鉄系超伝導体は2008年に国内で発見された新しいタイプの高温超伝導体である。我々は、SPring-8の高分解能非弾性X線散乱を用いたフォノン分散測定から、同物質で実現されるスピン・フォノン結合の存在を明らかにした。特に、構造・磁気秩序相で形成されるマルチドメイン構造を抑制するために、一軸圧力下でのフォノン測定を行い、4回回転対称性を破る磁気秩序によって誘発されるフォノン分散構造の異方性の観測に初めて成功した。第一原理フォノン計算を組み合わせた解析を用いることで、鉄系超伝導体のフォノン構造におけるスピン揺らぎの重要性が示された。
飯田 一樹*; 永井 佑紀; 石田 茂之*; 石角 元志*; 村井 直樹; Christianson, A. D.*; 吉田 紘行*; 稲村 泰弘; 中村 博樹; 中尾 朗子*; et al.
Physical Review B, 100(1), p.014506_1 - 014506_8, 2019/07
被引用回数:39 パーセンタイル:83.48(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)パルス中性子散乱実験による鉄系超伝導体EuRbFeAs
のスピン揺らぎ、磁気構造の測定を行い、同物質における超伝導体対称性などの議論を行った。
梶本 亮一; 石角 元志*; 吉良 弘*; 金子 耕士; 中村 充孝; 蒲沢 和也*; 稲村 泰弘; 池内 和彦*; 飯田 一樹*; 村井 直樹; et al.
Physica B; Condensed Matter, 556, p.26 - 30, 2019/03
被引用回数:3 パーセンタイル:13.18(Physics, Condensed Matter)Magnets are important for studying magnetism and are commonly used as sample environment devices of neutron scattering instruments. However, the use of magnets was prevented at the time-of-flight direct-geometry neutron spectrometer 4SEASONS in Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at J-PARC, because the instrument is surrounded by iron components, and it is equipped with a piece of equipment operated with magnetic bearings. In the present work, we investigate the influence of stray magnetic fields from a superconducting magnet which is shared among neutron scattering instruments in MLF. Based on the investigation, we modified 4SEASONS such that it can be used with the magnet. Finally, we successfully performed the first inelastic neutron scattering experiments with applied magnetic fields using this sample environment.
飯田 一樹*; 吉田 紘行*; 岡部 博孝*; 片山 尚幸*; 石井 裕人*; 幸田 章宏*; 稲村 泰弘; 村井 直樹; 石角 元志*; 門野 良典*; et al.
Scientific Reports (Internet), 9(1), p.1826_1 - 1826_9, 2019/02
被引用回数:14 パーセンタイル:65.80(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Molecular based spin-1/2 triangular lattice systems have attracted research interest. LiMo
O
(
= In or Sc) is such a compound where spin-1/2 Mo
O
clusters in place of Mo ions form the uniform triangular lattice. Here, we report exotic magnetisms in Li
InMo
O
and Li
ScMo
O
investigated by muon spin rotation (
SR) and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectroscopies. Li
InMo
O
exhibits spin wave excitation which is quantitatively described by the nearest neighbor anisotropic Heisenberg model based on the 120
spin structure. In contrast, Li
ScMo
O
undergoes short-range magnetic order below 4 K with quantum-spin-liquid-like magnetic fluctuations down to the base temperature. Origin of the different ground states is discussed in terms of anisotropies of crystal structures and magnetic interactions.