Muon-spin rotation data collected at ambient pressure (p) and at p = 2.42 GPa in MnP were analyzed to check their consistency with various low- and high-pressure magnetic structures reported in the literature. Our analysis confirms that in MnP the low-temperature and low-pressure helimagnetic phase is characterised by an increased value of the average magnetic moment compared to the high-temperature ferromagnetic phase. An elliptical double-helical structure with a propagation vector , an a-axis moment elongated by approximately 18% and an additional tilt of the rotation plane towards c-direction by ≲4-8° leads to a good agreement between the theory and the experiment. The analysis of the high-pressure μSR data reveals that the new magnetic order appearing for pressures exceeding 1.5 GPa can not be described by keeping the propagation vector Q∥c. Even the extreme case - decoupling the double-helical structure into four individual helices - remains inconsistent with the experiment. It is shown that the high-pressure magnetic phase which is a precursor of superconductivity is an incommensurate helical state with Q∥b.

Magnetic states of MnP: Muon-spin rotation studies / Khasanov, R.; Amato, A.; Bonfa', Pietro; Guguchia, Z.; Luetkens, H.; Morenzoni, E.; DE RENZI, Roberto; Zhigadlo, N. D.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 0953-8984. - 29:16(2017), p. 164003. [10.1088/1361-648X/aa6391]

Magnetic states of MnP: Muon-spin rotation studies

BONFA', Pietro;DE RENZI, Roberto;
2017-01-01

Abstract

Muon-spin rotation data collected at ambient pressure (p) and at p = 2.42 GPa in MnP were analyzed to check their consistency with various low- and high-pressure magnetic structures reported in the literature. Our analysis confirms that in MnP the low-temperature and low-pressure helimagnetic phase is characterised by an increased value of the average magnetic moment compared to the high-temperature ferromagnetic phase. An elliptical double-helical structure with a propagation vector , an a-axis moment elongated by approximately 18% and an additional tilt of the rotation plane towards c-direction by ≲4-8° leads to a good agreement between the theory and the experiment. The analysis of the high-pressure μSR data reveals that the new magnetic order appearing for pressures exceeding 1.5 GPa can not be described by keeping the propagation vector Q∥c. Even the extreme case - decoupling the double-helical structure into four individual helices - remains inconsistent with the experiment. It is shown that the high-pressure magnetic phase which is a precursor of superconductivity is an incommensurate helical state with Q∥b.
2017
Magnetic states of MnP: Muon-spin rotation studies / Khasanov, R.; Amato, A.; Bonfa', Pietro; Guguchia, Z.; Luetkens, H.; Morenzoni, E.; DE RENZI, Roberto; Zhigadlo, N. D.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 0953-8984. - 29:16(2017), p. 164003. [10.1088/1361-648X/aa6391]
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