Chiral critical exponents of the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet CsMnBr3 as determined by polarized neutron scattering

Citation
Vp. Plakhty et al., Chiral critical exponents of the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet CsMnBr3 as determined by polarized neutron scattering, PHYS REV L, 85(18), 2000, pp. 3942-3945
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
18
Year of publication
2000
Pages
3942 - 3945
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20001030)85:18<3942:CCEOTT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The critical exponents gamma (c) = 0.84(7) of the chiral susceptibility abo ve the Neel temperature, T-N, and beta (c) = 0.44(2) of the average chirali ty below T-N have been determined for the triangular-lattice antiferromagne t CsMnBr3 by means of polarized neutron scattering. These first experimenta l values of chiral critical exponents are in line with theoretical predicti ons and fulfill their scaling relation. The temperature at which the averag e chirality appears coincides with the spin-order transition temperature, T -N.