Quantum Phase Transition in the Itinerant Antiferromagnet(V0.9Ti0.1)2O3

Hiroaki Kadowaki, Kiyoichiro Motoya, Taku J. Sato, J. W. Lynn, J. A. Fernandez-Baca, Jun Kikuchi
2008 Physical Review Letters  
Quantum-critical behavior of the itinerant electron antiferromagnet (V0.9Ti0.1)2O3 has been studied by single-crystal neutron scattering. By directly observing antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations in the paramagnetic phase, we have shown that the characteristic energy depends on temperature as c_1 + c_2 T^3/2, where c_1 and c_2 are constants. This T^3/2 dependence demonstrates that the present strongly correlated d-electron antiferromagnet clearly shows the criticality of the spin-density-wave quantum phase transition in three space dimensions.
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.101.096406 pmid:18851633 fatcat:oukrnrjyobhobam3d6x46pbhhq