An itinerant antiferromagnetic metal without magnetic constituents

dc.citation.journalTitleNature Communications
dc.citation.volumeNumber6
dc.contributor.authorSvanidze, E.
dc.contributor.authorWang, Jiakui K.
dc.contributor.authorBesara, T.
dc.contributor.authorLiu, L.
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Q.
dc.contributor.authorSiegrist, T.
dc.contributor.authorFrandsen, B.
dc.contributor.authorLynn, J.W.
dc.contributor.authorNevidomskyy, Andriy H.
dc.contributor.authorGamża, Monika B.
dc.contributor.authorAronson, M.C.
dc.contributor.authorUemura, Y.J.
dc.contributor.authorMorosan, E.
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-01T15:40:11Z
dc.date.available2015-10-01T15:40:11Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe origin of magnetism in metals has been traditionally discussed in two diametrically opposite limits: itinerant and local moments. Surprisingly, there are very few known examples of materials that are close to the itinerant limit, and their properties are not universally understood. In the case of the two such examples discovered several decades ago, the itinerant ferromagnets ZrZn2 and Sc3In, the understanding of their magnetic ground states draws on the existence of 3d electrons subject to strong spin fluctuations. Similarly, in Cr, an elemental itinerant antiferromagnet with a spin density wave ground state, its 3d electron character has been deemed crucial to it being magnetic. Here, we report evidence for an itinerant antiferromagnetic metal with no magnetic constituents: TiAu. Antiferromagnetic order occurs below a Néel temperature of 36 K, about an order of magnitude smaller than in Cr, rendering the spin fluctuations in TiAu more important at low temperatures. This itinerant antiferromagnet challenges the currently limited understanding of weak itinerant antiferromagnetism, while providing insights into the effects of spin fluctuations in itinerant–electron systems.
dc.identifier.citationSvanidze, E., Wang, Jiakui K., Besara, T., et al.. "An itinerant antiferromagnetic metal without magnetic constituents." <i>Nature Communications,</i> 6, (2015) Nature Publishing Group: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8701.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8701
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/81860
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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dc.titleAn itinerant antiferromagnetic metal without magnetic constituents
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