High-Field Specific-Heat and Susceptibility Measurements: Relevance to the Spin-Peierls Phase Diagram and the Validity of a Soliton Picture

Authors

J. C. Bonner, University of Rhode Island
J. A. Northby, University of Rhode IslandFollow
I. S. Jacobs
L. V. Interrante

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2-1-1987

Abstract

We discuss recent high-field specific-heat measurements on the spin-Peierls compound tetrathiafulvalinium bis-cis-(1,2-perfluoromethylethylene-1-2-dithiolato)–gold [TTF-BDT(Au)]. An ordering anomaly can clearly be detected which defines a high-field phase boundary, despite some extraneous structure in the data apparently reflecting experimental limitations. The high-field phase boundary is in good quantitative agreement with the theory of Cross and Fisher. Further, the specific-heat data are in good agreement with earlier ac susceptibility data, the reliability of which as indicators of a phase transition has been somewhat open to doubt because pronounced relaxation effects in the high-field regime result in striking differences between χ_ac and χ_dc. Some observations are made concerning the extent of hysteresis associated with the phase boundary between dimerized and high-field phases. Finally, the extensive experimental data are employed in several tests to determine the applicability of recent soliton theories.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Bonner, J. C., Northby, J. A., Jacobs, I. S., & Interrante, L. V. (1987). High-field specific-heat and susceptibility measurements: Relevance to the spin-Peierls phase diagram and the validity of a soliton picture. Physical Review B, 35(4), 179-1798. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.35.1791

Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.35.1791

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©1987 The American Physical Society