Antiferromagnetism and a Dimensional Crossover in the Model Quantum Magnet SrCu$_{2}$(BO$_{3}$)$_{2}$
ORAL
Abstract
SrCu$_{2}$(BO$_{3}$)$_{2}$ has corner-sharing Cu$^{2+}$ S=1/2 dimers lying on a square lattice, corresponding to the two-dimensional Shastry-Sutherland model. We conduct high resolution x-ray and neutron diffraction measurements as a function of pressure, tuning the ground state from a singlet ground state to long-range order. We report a change in crystal symmetry as a function of temperature for pressures above 4 GPa, linked to antiferromagnetism and the tilting of the dimers out of the plane. The inclusion of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in the Shastry-Sutherland Hamiltonian helps explain the experimental results.
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Authors
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Sara Haravifard
The University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory
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Arnab Banerjee
Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN 37830 USA, The University of Chicago/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Jasper van Wezel
The University of Brsitol
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D.M. Silevitch
Univ of Chicago, the University of Chicago, The University of Chicago, University of Chicago
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Antonio Moreira Dos Santos
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Jonathan Lang
Argonne National Laboratory
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Edwin Kermarrec
McMaster University
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George Srajer
Argonne National Laboratory
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Bruce Gaulin
McMaster University
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Hanna Dabkowska
McMaster University
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Thomas Rosenbaum
Univ of Chicago, the University of Chicago, The University of Chicago