Thermodynamics of the spin Luttinger liquid in a model ladder material.
The phase diagram in temperature and magnetic field of the metal-organic, two-leg, spin-ladder compound (C5H12N)2CuBr4 is studied by measurements of the specific heat and the magnetocaloric effect. We demonstrate the presence of an extended spin Luttinger-liquid phase between two field-induced quantum critical points and over a broad range of temperature. Based on an ideal spin-ladder Hamiltonian, comprehensive numerical modeling of the ladder specific heat yields excellent quantitative agreement with the experimental data across the entire phase diagram.
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London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
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Thielemann
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McMorrow
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Zapf
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Normand
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Zvonarev
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Bouillot
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Kollath
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Giamarchi
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Capponi
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Biner
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