Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-28-2009
Journal or Book Title
Physical Review B
Volume
80
Issue
13
First Page
134422
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.134422
Abstract
We present a single-crystal neutron diffraction study of the magnetic short-range correlations in Tb5Ge4 which orders antiferromagnetically below the Neel temperature TN≈92 K. Strong diffuse scattering arising from magnetic short-range correlations was observed in wide temperature ranges both below and above TN. The antiferromagnetic ordering in Tb5Ge4 is described to consist of strongly coupled ferromagnetic block layers in the ac plane that stack along the b axis with weak antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling. Diffuse scattering was observed along both a∗ and b∗ directions indicating three-dimensional short-range correlations. Moreover, the q dependence of the diffuse scattering is Squared Lorentzian in form suggesting a strongly clustered magnetic state that may be related to the proposed Griffiths-like phase in Gd5Ge4.
Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Tian, W.; Kreyssig, Andreas; Zarestky, Jerel L.; Tan, L.; Nandi, Shibabrata; Goldman, Alan I.; Lograsso, Thomas A.; Schlagel, Deborah L.; Gschneidner, Karl A. Jr.; Pecharsky, Vitalij K.; and McQueeney, Robert J., "Single-crystal neutron diffraction study of short-range magnetic correlations in Tb5Ge4" (2009). Ames Laboratory Publications. 65.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ameslab_pubs/65
Comments
This article is from Physical Review B 80 (2009): 134422, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.134422.