Magnetic field dependence of the neutron spin resonance in CeB6
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Abstract
In zero magnetic field, the famous neutron spin resonance in the f-electron superconductor CeCoIn5 is similar to the recently discovered exciton peak in the nonsuperconducting CeB6. A magnetic field splits the resonance in CeCoIn5 into two components, indicating that it is a doublet. Here we employ inelastic neutron scattering (INS) to scrutinize the field dependence of spin fluctuations in CeB6. The exciton shows a markedly different behavior without any field splitting. Instead, we observe a second field-induced magnon whose energy increases with field. At the ferromagnetic zone center, however, we find only a single mode with a nonmonotonic field dependence. At low fields, it is initially suppressed to zero together with the antiferromagnetic order parameter, but then reappears at higher fields inside the hidden-order phase, following the energy of an electron spin resonance (ESR). This is a unique example of a ferromagnetic resonance in a heavy-fermion metal seen by both ESR and INS consistently over a broad range of magnetic fields.
Details
Original language | English |
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Article number | 035114 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physical Review B |
Volume | 94 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 6 Jul 2016 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Externally published | Yes |
External IDs
Scopus | 84978431665 |
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Keywords
Keywords
- DYNAMICS, ORDER, MODE