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Magnetic domain formation in itinerant metamagnets

Binz, Benedikt ; Braun, H. B. ; Rice, T. M. ; Sigrist, M.

In: Physical Review Letters, 2006, vol. 96, p. 196406

We examine the effects of long-range dipolar forces on metamagnetic transitions and generalize the theory of Condon domains to the case of an itinerant electron system undergoing a first-order metamagnetic transition. We demonstrate that, within a finite range of the applied field, dipolar interactions induce a spatial modulation of the magnetization in the form of stripes or bubbles. Our...

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Magnon dispersion in field-induced magnetically ordered phases

Matsumoto, Masashige ; Normand, Bruce ; Rice, T. M. ; Sigrist, Manfred

In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2004, vol. 272-276, p. 267-268

The magnon dispersion in the field-induced and pressure-induced antiferromagnetically (AF) ordered phase in TlCuCl₃ are studied. In the pressure-induced AF phase, there are two transverse phase (Goldstone) modes and one gapped longitudinal amplitude mode. A magnetic field lifts the degeneracy, and it gives rise to three separated magnon branches in the field-induced AF phase, where the lowest...