Easy-Axis Kagomé Antiferromagnet: Local-Probe Study of Nd$_3$Ga$_5$SiO$_{14}$
arXiv:0712.2660 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.147201
Abstract
We report a local-probe investigation of the magnetically anisotropic kagomé compound Nd$_3$Ga$_5$SiO$_{14}$. Our zero-field $μ$SR results provide a direct evidence of a fluctuating collective paramagnetic state down to 60 mK, supported by a wipe-out of the Ga nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal below 25 K. At 60 mK a dynamics crossover to a much more static state is observed by $μ$SR in magnetic fields above 0.5 T. Accordingly, the NMR signal is recovered at low $T$ above a threshold field, revealing a rapid temperature and field variation of the magnetic fluctuations.
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