Abstract
The recent discovery of topologically nontrivial behavior in stimulated a notable interest in this itinerant ferromagnet ( K). The exact magnetic state remains ambiguous, with several reports indicating the existence of a second transition in the range 125–130 K, with antiferromagnetic and glassy phases proposed to coexist with the ferromagnetic phase. Using detailed angle-dependent dc and ac magnetization measurements on large, high-quality single crystals we reveal a highly anisotropic behavior of both the static and dynamic response of . It is established that many observations related to sharp magnetization changes when are influenced by the demagnetization factor of a sample. On the other hand, a genuine transition has been found at K, with the magnetic response being strictly perpendicular to the axis and several orders of magnitude smaller than for . Calculations using density-functional theory indicate that the ground state magnetic structure consist of magnetic moments canted away from the axis by a small angle (). We argue that the second transition originates from a small additional canting of moments within the kagome plane, with two equivalent orientations for each spin.
- Received 6 April 2022
- Revised 27 September 2022
- Accepted 1 November 2022
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.L180403
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