title: Emergent frustration in co-doped β-Mn.
abstract: We investigate low-temperature spin correlations in the metallic frustrated magnet β-Mn1-xCox. Single-crystal polarized-neutron scattering experiments reveal the persistence of highly structured magnetic diffuse scattering and the absence of periodic magnetic order to T=0.05  K. We employ reverse Monte Carlo refinements and mean-field theory calculations to construct an effective Hamiltonian which accounts for the magnetic scattering. The interactions we identify describe an emergent spin structure which mimics the triangular lattice antiferromagnet, one of the canonical models of frustrated magnetism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Joseph A M
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Paddison
authors.forename: J Ross
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manuel
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courtois
authors.forename: Garry J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Rainford
authors.forename: Andrew L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goodwin