Partial field-induced magnetic order in the spin-liquid kagomé Nd3Ga5SiO14.
The distorted kagomé system Nd3Ga5SiO14 has been investigated with neutron scattering down to 0.046 K with no evidence of magnetic long range order of the Nd3+ moments in a zero field. Substantial diffuse scattering is observed which is in agreement with nearest-neighbor correlations between the fluctuating spins. Upon the application of a field in the c direction, the diffuse scattering is reduced in intensity while the magnetic Bragg peaks grow in intensity to saturate by 1 T to 1/2 of the expected magnetization. These measurements suggest that a unique spin-liquid state develops in Nd3Ga5SiO14 with a frustration index of f approximately |theta|/T_{C}> or =1300.
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Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-3016, USA.
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