New inorganic spin-Peierls compound NaV2O5 evidenced by X-ray and neutron scattering

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作者
Fujii, Y
Nakao, H
Yosihama, T
Nishi, M
Nakajima, K
Kakurai, K
Isobe, M
Ueda, Y
Sawa, H
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO, INST SOLID STATE PHYS, MINATO KU, TOKYO 106, JAPAN
[2] CHIBA UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT PHYS, INAGE KU, CHIBA 263, JAPAN
关键词
spin-Peierls transition; 1-D magnet; spin gap; lattice dimerization; NaV2O5; X-ray scattering; neutron scattering;
D O I
10.1143/JPSJ.66.326
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
In this letter w e report lattice dimerization and spin-gap formation of NaV2O5 below its spin-Peierls transition temperature T-sp, = 35.3 K, in which there are V4+ (S = 1/2) linear chains along the b axis of its orthorhombic structure. A single-crystal X-ray scattering experiment shows scattering from a powder sample at T = 7K clearly demonstrates a gap energy of 9.8 meV at a scattering vector \Q\ = 1.0 Angstrom(-1) corresponding to the reciprocal lattice point (1, 1/2, 0).
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