Chiral Magnetism in an Itinerant Helical Magnet, MnSi - An Extended 29Si NMR Study

The microscopic magnetism in the helical, the conical and the ferro-magnetically polarized phases in an itinerant helical magnet, MnSi, has been studied by an extended 29Si NMR at zero field and under external magnetic fields. The temperature dependence of staggered moment, M_Q(T), determined by the...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2016-04
Main Authors: Yasuoka, Hiroshi, Motoya, Kiyoichiro, Majumder, Mayukh, Witt, Sebastian, Krellner, Cornelius, Baenitz, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Critical field (superconductivity)
Electron states
Ferromagnetic resonance
Ferromagnetism
Magnetism
Magnets
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nuclear relaxation
Temperature dependence
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Summary:The microscopic magnetism in the helical, the conical and the ferro-magnetically polarized phases in an itinerant helical magnet, MnSi, has been studied by an extended 29Si NMR at zero field and under external magnetic fields. The temperature dependence of staggered moment, M_Q(T), determined by the 29Si NMR frequency, nu(T), and nuclear relaxation rate, 1/T_1(T) is in general accord with the SCR theory for weak itinerant ferromagnetic metals and its extension. The external field dependence of resonance frequency, nu(H), follows a vector sum of the contributions from atomic hyperfine and macroscopic fields with a field induced moment characteristic to the itinerant magnets. A discontinuous jump of the resonance frequency at the critical field, H_c, between the conical and the polarized phases has also been found that suggests a first order like change of the electronic states at H_c.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1604.02226