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Low-temperature magnetic fluctuations in the Kondo insulator SmB6

Publication date2014-04-14
First online date2014-04-14
Abstract

We present the results of a systematic investigation of the magnetic properties of the three-dimensional Kondo topological insulator SmB6 using magnetization and muon-spin relaxation/rotation (μSR) measurements. The μSR measurements exhibit magnetic field fluctuations in SmB6 below ∼15 K due to electronic moments present in the system. However, no evidence for magnetic ordering is found down to 19 mK. The observed magnetism in SmB6 is homogeneous in nature throughout the full volume of the sample. Bulk magnetization measurements on the same sample show consistent behavior. The agreement between μSR, magnetization, and NMR results strongly indicate the appearance of intrinsic bulk magnetic in-gap states associated with fluctuating magnetic fields in SmB6 at low temperature.

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  • UK Research and Innovation - Single Crystal Growth at Warwick [EP/I007210/1]
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BISWAS, P. K. et al. Low-temperature magnetic fluctuations in the Kondo insulator SmB6. In: Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, 2014, vol. 89, n° 16, p. 161107. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.161107
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.161107
Journal ISSN1098-0121
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