Neutron scattering study of the competing magnetic correlations in La0.85Sr0.15CoO3

D. Phelan, Despina Louca, S. N. Ancona, S. Rosenkranz, H. Zheng, and J. F. Mitchell
Phys. Rev. B 79, 094420 – Published 20 March 2009

Abstract

The nature of the competing ferromagnetic and incommensurate spin correlations in the spin-glass phase of La0.85Sr0.15CoO3 has been investigated by various neutron scattering techniques. Spin-polarized scattering indicates that the observed incommensurate peaks are dominantly magnetic in nature. Magnetic field experiments show that a field applied perpendicular to the short-range ordering wave vector destroys the incommensurate correlations and induces long-range ferromagnetic order. However, even for fields up to 7 T, short-range ferromagnetic correlations still coexist with the long-range ordered regions.

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  • Received 9 September 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.094420

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. Phelan1,2, Despina Louca1, S. N. Ancona3, S. Rosenkranz3, H. Zheng3, and J. F. Mitchell3

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
  • 2NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
  • 3Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA

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Vol. 79, Iss. 9 — 1 March 2009

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