Nature Communications (Aug 2016)
Volume-wise destruction of the antiferromagnetic Mott insulating state through quantum tuning
- Benjamin A. Frandsen,
- Lian Liu,
- Sky C. Cheung,
- Zurab Guguchia,
- Rustem Khasanov,
- Elvezio Morenzoni,
- Timothy J. S. Munsie,
- Alannah M. Hallas,
- Murray N. Wilson,
- Yipeng Cai,
- Graeme M. Luke,
- Bijuan Chen,
- Wenmin Li,
- Changqing Jin,
- Cui Ding,
- Shengli Guo,
- Fanlong Ning,
- Takashi U. Ito,
- Wataru Higemoto,
- Simon J. L. Billinge,
- Shoya Sakamoto,
- Atsushi Fujimori,
- Taito Murakami,
- Hiroshi Kageyama,
- Jose Antonio Alonso,
- Gabriel Kotliar,
- Masatoshi Imada,
- Yasutomo J. Uemura
Affiliations
- Benjamin A. Frandsen
- Department of Physics, Columbia University
- Lian Liu
- Department of Physics, Columbia University
- Sky C. Cheung
- Department of Physics, Columbia University
- Zurab Guguchia
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute
- Rustem Khasanov
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute
- Elvezio Morenzoni
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute
- Timothy J. S. Munsie
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
- Alannah M. Hallas
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
- Murray N. Wilson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
- Yipeng Cai
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
- Graeme M. Luke
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
- Bijuan Chen
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wenmin Li
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changqing Jin
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Cui Ding
- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
- Shengli Guo
- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
- Fanlong Ning
- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
- Takashi U. Ito
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- Wataru Higemoto
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- Simon J. L. Billinge
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
- Shoya Sakamoto
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo
- Atsushi Fujimori
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo
- Taito Murakami
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
- Hiroshi Kageyama
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
- Jose Antonio Alonso
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC
- Gabriel Kotliar
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Masatoshi Imada
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo
- Yasutomo J. Uemura
- Department of Physics, Columbia University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12519
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Knowing whether a quantum phase transition is first- or second-order is crucial for understanding any associated exotic phenomena, but direct experimental evidence has been scarce. Here, Frandsen et al. report first-order magnetic quantum phase transitions in archetypal Mott systems, providing insight into the underlying quantum fluctuations.
