Disorder-induced Revival of the Bose-Einstein Condensation at High Magnetic Fields in Ni(Cl$_{1-x}$Br$_x$)$_2$-4SC(NH$_2$)

We theoretically investigate the high magnetic field regime of the disordered quasi-one-dimensional S=1 antiferromagnetic material Ni(Cl$_{1-x}$Br$_x$)$_2$-4SC(NH$_2$). This compound was believed to provide the first experimental realization of the elusive Bose-glass phase in a quantum magnet [1]. I will review our recent experimental and theoretical works [2-5] in which we discovered that this many-body localized phase is actually undermined by the resurgence of long-range order with a condensation of the underlying impurities degree of freedom, leading to a novel “order-by-disorder” mechanism.

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