A Single-Crystal Neutron Diffraction Study on Magnetic Structure of the Quasi-One-Dimensional Antiferromagnet SrCo2V2O8

Juan-Juan Liu (刘娟娟) , Jin-Chen Wang (汪晋辰), Wei Luo (罗伟) , Jie-Ming Sheng (盛洁明), Zhang-Zhen He (何长振), S. A. Danilkin, Wei Bao (鲍威)*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The magnetic structure of the spin-chain antiferromagnet  SrCo2V2O8 is determined by single-crystal neutron diffraction experiment. The system undergoes a long-range magnetic order below the critical temperature TN=4.96 K. The moment of 2.16μB per Co at 1.6K in the screw chain running along the C axis alternates in the c axis. The moments of neighboring screw chains are arranged antiferromagnetically along one in-plane axis and ferromagnetically along the other in-plane axis. This magnetic configuration breaks the four-fold symmetry of the tetragonal crystal structure and leads to two equally populated magnetic twins with the antiferromagnetic vector in the a or b axis. The very similar magnetic state to the isostructural BaCo2V2O8 warrants  SrCo2V2Oas another interesting half-integer spin-chain antiferromagnet for investigation on quantum antiferromagnetism.

©2016 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd
Original languageEnglish
Article number037502
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

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