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arxiv: 1603.08033 · v1 · pith:3XVYASZ4new · submitted 2016-03-25 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el

Antiferromagnetic and Orbital Ordering on a Diamond Lattice Near Quantum Criticality

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keywords magneticorderingtransitioncriticalityfesc2s4langleorbitalordered
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We present neutron scattering measurements on powder samples of the spinel FeSc2S4 that reveal a previously unobserved magnetic ordering transition occurring at 11.8(2)~K. Magnetic ordering occurs subsequent to a subtle cubic-to-tetragonal structural transition which distorts Fe coordinating sulfur tetrahedra lifting the orbital degeneracy. The application of 1~GPa hydrostatic pressure appears to destabilize this N\'eel state, reducing the transition temperature to 8.6(8)~K and redistributing magnetic spectral weight to higher energies. The relative magnitudes of ordered $\langle m \rangle^2\!=\!3.1(2)$ and fluctuating moments $\langle \delta m \rangle^2\!=\!13(1)$ show that the magnetically ordered ground state of FeSc2S4 is drastically renormalized and in proximity to criticality.

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