Field-induced transitions in a kagomé antiferromagnet.
The thermal order by disorder effect in magnetic field is studied for a classical Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the Kagomé lattice. Using analytical arguments we predict a unique H- T phase diagram for this strongly frustrated magnet: states with a coplanar and a uniaxial triatic order parameter, respectively, at low and high magnetic fields and an incompressible collinear spin-liquid state at one-third of the saturation field. We also present the Monte Carlo data which confirm the existence of these phases.
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European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, Grenoble F-38043, France.