ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We have studied the magnetic structure of the nuclear spin system in Cu below 60 nK by means of neutron scattering. The observation of the nuclear (100) superlattice reflection proves the theoretically predicted antiferromagnetic arrangement of the nuclear spins. The critical field at the lowest temperatures was 0.24 mT. Around 0.1 mT the (100) reflection could not be observed. This is taken as an indication for, possibly, a reorientation phase transitition at this field. Therefore, the phase diagram contains at least two phases. For 0.1 mT〈B〈0.24 mT strong time dependencies of the ordering were observed. At low fields (B〈0.1 mT) nucleation times of the order of 10 s have been observed. These results are discussed with respect to the cooling technique: Adiabatic demagnetization requires constant entropy, a rather unusual way to bring a system from the paramagnetic to the ordered phase.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.344580
