GLASS-TRANSITION IN THE SPIN-DENSITY-WAVE PHASE OF (TMTSF)2PF6

Citation
Jc. Lasjaunias et al., GLASS-TRANSITION IN THE SPIN-DENSITY-WAVE PHASE OF (TMTSF)2PF6, Physical review letters, 72(8), 1994, pp. 1283-1286
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
72
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1283 - 1286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)72:8<1283:GITSPO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We present the results of low frequency dielectric measurements and a detailed kinetic investigation of the specific heat anomaly in the spi n-density wave phase of (TMTSF)(2)PF6 in the temperature range between 2 and 4 K. The dielectric relaxation shows a critical slowing down to wards a ''static'' glass transition around 2 K. The jump in the specif ic heat in different controlled kinetic conditions shows all the chara cteristics of freezing in supercooled liquids. Both effects give direc t evidence of a glass transition in the spin-density wave ground state .