Possible Bose-Einstein condensate of magnons in single-crystallinePb 2 V 3 O 9
Author(s) -
Benjamin S. Conner,
Haidong Zhou,
Younjung Jo,
Luis Balicas,
C. R. Wiebe,
J. P. Carlo,
Yohei Uemura,
A. A. Aczel,
T. J. Williams,
G. M. Luke
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
physical review b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-4489
pISSN - 1098-0121
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.81.132401
Subject(s) - physics , magnon , phase boundary , boundary (topology) , condensed matter physics , relaxation (psychology) , spin (aerodynamics) , bose–einstein condensate , field (mathematics) , muon spin spectroscopy , phase (matter) , crystallography , superconductivity , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , chemistry , ferromagnetism , mathematics , pure mathematics , mathematical analysis , psychology , social psychology
We report the growth and the characterization of single crystals of the S=1/2 spin-dimer compound Pb2V3O9. Magnetic-susceptibility, torque magnetometry, heat-capacity, and muon-spin-relaxation measurements provide evidence for a field-induced Bose-Einstein condensate of magnons in this system. At low temperatures, the field-dependent phase boundary between the dimerized and the condensed state is well described by the expression T*\u3b1(H\u2212Hc1)1/\u3c6, with \u3c6 =(2.00\ub10.04).Peer reviewed: YesNRC publication: Ye
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