Singular field response and singular screening of vacancies in antiferromagnets

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For isolated vacancies in ordered local-moment antiferromagnets we show that the magnetic-field linear-response limit is generically singular: The magnetic moment associated with a vacancy in zero field is different from that in a finite field h in the limit h→0 +. The origin is a universal and singular screening cloud, which moreover leads to perfect screening as h→0 + for magnets which display spin-flop bulk states in the weak-field limit.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number177203
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume109
Issue number17
Publication statusPublished - 23 Oct 2012
Peer-reviewedYes

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