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Download fileMagnetic state of pyrochlore Cd2Os2O7 emerging from strong competition of ligand distortions and longer-range crystalline anisotropy
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posted on 2018-08-14, 15:52 authored by Nikolay A. Bogdanov, Remi Maurice, Ioannis RousochatzakisIoannis Rousochatzakis, Jeroen van den Brink, Liviu HozoiBy many-body quantum-chemical calculations, we investigate the role of two structural effects - local ligand distortions and the anisotropic Cd-ion coordination - on the magnetic state of Cd2Os2O7, a spin S=3/2 pyrochlore. We find that these effects strongly compete, rendering the magnetic interactions and ordering crucially dependent on these geometrical features. Without trigonal distortions, a large easy-plane magnetic anisotropy develops. Their presence, however, reverses the sign of the zero-field splitting and causes a large easy-axis anisotropy (D-6.8 meV), which in conjunction with the antiferromagnetic exchange interaction (Ja6.4 meV) stabilizes an all-in-all-out magnetic order. The competition uncovered here is a generic feature of pyrochlore magnets.
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N. A. B. and L. H. acknowledge financial support from the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Union and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), respectively.
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