Field-Induced Magnonic Liquid in the 3D Spin-Dimerized Antiferromagnet Sr_{3}Cr_{2}O_{8}.
We report on ultrasound and magnetization studies in three-dimensional, spin-dimerized Sr_{3}Cr_{2}O_{8} as a function of temperature and external magnetic field up to 61 T. It is well established [A. A. Aczel et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 207203 (2009)] that this system exhibits a magnonic-superfluid phase between 30 and 60 T and below 8 K. By mapping ultrasound and magnetization anomalies as a function of magnetic field and temperature we establish that this superfluid phase is embedded in a domelike phase regime of a high-temperature magnonic liquid extending up to 18 K. Compared to thermodynamic results, our study indicates that the magnonic liquid could be characterized by an Ising-like order but has lost the coherence of the transverse components.
Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany.
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, D-14109 Berlin, Germany.
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Quintero-Castro
Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, D-01314 Dresden, Germany.
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Zherlitsyn
Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, D-01314 Dresden, Germany.
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Yasin
Hochfeld-Magnetlabor Dresden (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, D-01314 Dresden, Germany.
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Skourski
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, D-14109 Berlin, Germany.
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, D-14109 Berlin, Germany.|Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
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Lake
Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany.
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Deisenhofer
Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany.
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