Evolution of the commensurate and incommensurate magnetic phases of the S = 3/2 kagome staircase Co3V2O8 in an applied field

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Helton, Joel S, Chen, Ying, Bychkov, Georgii L, Barilo, Sergei N, Rogado, Nyrissa, Cava, Robert J, Lynn, Jeffrey W
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 30.11.2011
• Subjects: Ferromagnetism; Magnetism; Neutron diffraction; Phase diagrams; Phase transitions; Phases; Physics - Strongly Correlated Electrons; Single crystals; Spin density waves; Wave propagation

Single crystal neutron diffraction studies have been performed on the S = 3/2 kagome staircase compound Co3V2O8 with a magnetic field applied along the magnetization easy-axis (H || a). Previous zero field measurements [Y. Chen, et al., Phys. Rev. B 74, 014430 (2006)] reported a rich variety of magn...