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Phys Rev Lett
; 110(1): 017203, 2013 Jan 04.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23383834
RESUMO
The spin glass state in the spinel ZnCr(2(1-x))Ga(2x)O(4) is studied with magnetization and specific heat for x < 0.05. The freezing temperature is independent of disorder, despite a two-level-like density of states that varies linearly with x. This relationship implies the energy scale for freezing is independent of disorder, in contrast to mean field theories of spin glass. We suggest that the degrees of freedom are shielded spin vacancies, quasispins, which interact via an emergent long-range force mediated by the frustrated spin background.