Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1801800 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Using single crystal neutron diffraction, we studied the H(∥b)–TH(∥b)–T phase diagram of the antiferromagnetic olivine Mn2AS4(A=Si,Ge). We identified the two spin-flop phases at high fields that are separated by field-independent phase boundaries terminated at multicritical points. In the low temperature phase, the magnetic structures consist of antiferromagnetic Cz–Cz′ and ferromagnetic Fx′ components. In the high temperature phase, in contrast, they are replaced by Cx–Cx′ and Fz′. The absence of the anomalies in the DC magnetization data across the spin-reorientation transitions is discussed in terms of the Clausius–Clapeyron relation.

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