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Neutron Scattering Studies of new RE Breathing Pyrochlore compound: Ba<sub>3</sub>Tm<sub>2</sub>Zn<sub>5</sub>O<sub>11</sub>

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Abstract

Breathing Pyrochlore materials have emerged as a promising candidate to study frustrated magnetism and topological phenomena, such as Weyl and Dirac magnons. We have synthesized a new member in the rare-earth based family of Breathing Pyrochlore compounds: Ba3Tm2Zn5O11. We have grown the single crystal of this compound. We have characterized its thermodynamic properties, which show no sign of ordering down to the lowest accessible temperature. Further, we have performed inelastic neutron scattering on single crystals to study the low-energy magnetic excitations. We have also performed high-resolution neutron diffraction at multiple fields and temperatures to study the field-driven transitions. In this talk, we are going to present our latest experimental results for this new member of the RE-based breathing pyrochlore compound Ba3Tm2Zn5O11.

Presenters

  • Lalit Yadav

    Duke University

Authors

  • Lalit Yadav

    Duke University

  • Rabindranath Bag

    Duke University, Department of Physics, Duke University

  • Sachith E Dissanayake

    Duke University, Department of Physics, Duke University

  • Guangyong Xu

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Craig Brown

    Center of Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Nicholas Butch

    National Institute of Standards and Tech, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Franz Lang

    Department of Physics, University of Oxford

  • Stephen J Blundell

    Department of Physics, University of Oxford

  • Adam A Aczel

    Oak Ridge National Lab, Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA, Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab

  • Yan Wu

    Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Alexander I Kolesnikov

    Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Sara Haravifard

    Duke University, Department of Physics and Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials, Duke University

  • Zhenzhong Shi

    Soochow University