Polarized neutron measurement of magnetic order in YBa2⁢Cu3⁢O6.45

Author

• Herbert A. Mook
• Pengcheng Dai
• Stephen M. Hayden
• Arno Hiess
• SH Lee
• Fatih Dogan, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

Orbital current order of the d-density-wave type has been postulated to explain the pseudo gap in high temperature superconductors. We have performed neutron scattering experiments to search for this order and show here the results obtained on an YBa_2⁢Cu₃⁢O_6.45 sample using the best neutron spectrometers available. We argue that the data are consistent with a small, largely c-axis-directed moment, found below about 200 K.

Recommended Citation

H. A. Mook et al., "Polarized neutron measurement of magnetic order in YBa2⁢Cu3⁢O6.45," Physical Review B, vol. 69, no. 13, American Physical Society, Apr 2004.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.134509

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Comments

We are grateful to S. Chakravarty for helpful discussions. This work was supported by the U.S. DOE under Contract No. DE-AC0500OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC, and by U.S. NSF Grant No. DMR-0139882.

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

2469-9969, 2469-9950

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Article - Journal

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English

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Publication Date

2004-04-19