TY - JOUR
T1 - Pressure effects on an (formula presented) Heisenberg two-leg ladder antiferromagnet (formula presented)
AU - Mito, M.
AU - Akama, H.
AU - Kawae, Tatsuya
AU - Takeda, K.
AU - Deguchi, H.
AU - Takagi, S.
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - The pressure effects on an (formula presented) Heisenberg two-leg ladder antiferromagnet (H2LLAF) (formula presented) have been investigated through magnetic and thermal measurements under pressures up to 10 kbar. The exchange interactions along the rung and leg hardly change under pressures, but the pressurization induces paramagnetic spins and magnetic order. This magnetic order is a pressure-induced one observed in a quantum spin system with an energy gap. The amount of induced paramagnetic spins increases almost in accordance with the square of pressure. The magnetic field dependence of the pressure-induced Schottky-type heat capacity suggests that the induced paramagnetic spins are not completely free, but weakly correlate with the H2LLAF system. A magnetic anomaly of the heat capacity has been observed around 2.6 K for (formula presented) where more than 20% of the paramagnetic spins are induced. This anomaly is considered to be intrinsic to the magnetic order of the H2LLAF system, which seems to be triggered by the modulation of the staggered moment due to local defects. Even below the magnetic ordering temperature, the paramagnetic spins coexit with the magnetic order of the H2LLAF system. These pressure effects are similar to the impurity effects in another typical (formula presented) H2LLAF (formula presented) doped with nonmagnetic (formula presented) ions.
AB - The pressure effects on an (formula presented) Heisenberg two-leg ladder antiferromagnet (H2LLAF) (formula presented) have been investigated through magnetic and thermal measurements under pressures up to 10 kbar. The exchange interactions along the rung and leg hardly change under pressures, but the pressurization induces paramagnetic spins and magnetic order. This magnetic order is a pressure-induced one observed in a quantum spin system with an energy gap. The amount of induced paramagnetic spins increases almost in accordance with the square of pressure. The magnetic field dependence of the pressure-induced Schottky-type heat capacity suggests that the induced paramagnetic spins are not completely free, but weakly correlate with the H2LLAF system. A magnetic anomaly of the heat capacity has been observed around 2.6 K for (formula presented) where more than 20% of the paramagnetic spins are induced. This anomaly is considered to be intrinsic to the magnetic order of the H2LLAF system, which seems to be triggered by the modulation of the staggered moment due to local defects. Even below the magnetic ordering temperature, the paramagnetic spins coexit with the magnetic order of the H2LLAF system. These pressure effects are similar to the impurity effects in another typical (formula presented) H2LLAF (formula presented) doped with nonmagnetic (formula presented) ions.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.104405
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.104405
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038340766
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 65
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 10
ER -