Low temperature spin dynamics of the geometrically frustrated antiferromagnetic garnet Gd3Ga5O12
The low temperature spin dynamics of the geometrically frustrated antiferromagnet Gd 3Ga 5O (12) (GGG) have been investigated using muon spin relaxation. No evidence for static order is seen down to a temperature of 25 mK or a few percent of the Curie-Weiss temperature. Instead there is a linear decrease in the Gd spin fluctuation rate below 1 K which extrapolates to a small but finite value of 2 GHz at zero temperature. In terms of the spin fluctuations the system appears essentially to remain dynamic at low temperatures (T>0.02 K) and magnetic fields up to 1.8 T.
Dunsiger
SR
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1.
Gardner
JS
Chakhalian
JA
Cornelius
AL
Jaime
M
Kiefl
RF
Movshovich
R
MacFarlane
WA
Miller
RI
Sonier
JE
Gaulin
BD