Orientation of the intra-unit-cell magnetic moment in the high- T c superconductor HgB a$_2$ CuO$_{4+δ}$ - CEA - Université Paris-Saclay
Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review B Année : 2018

Orientation of the intra-unit-cell magnetic moment in the high- T c superconductor HgB a$_2$ CuO$_{4+δ}$

Lucile Mangin-Thro
Jaehong Jeong
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Yvan Sidis
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Philippe Bourges

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Polarized-neutron diffraction (PND) experiments have revealed that the pseudogap state of the cuprates exhibits unusual intra-unit-cell (IUC) magnetism. At a qualitative level, the data indicate a moment direction that is neither perpendicular nor parallel to the Cu⁢O$_2$ layers, yet an accurate measurement at a high-symmetry momentum point in a structurally simple compound has been lacking. Such a measurement would be crucial, as it would help to narrow down the scenarios for the microscopic origin of the IUC magnetism. Here we report PND results with unprecedented accuracy for the IUC magnetic order in the simple-tetragonal single-Cu⁢O2-layer compound HgB⁢a$_2$⁢Cu⁢O$_{4+δ}$. At the pseudogap temperature, we find evidence for magnetic critical scattering. Deep in the ordered state, we determine the moment direction to be 70° ± 10° away from the normal to the Cu⁢O$_2$ layers, which rules out both purely planar loop currents and high-symmetry Dirac multipoles, the two most prominent theoretical proposals for the microscopic origin of the IUC magnetism. However, the data are consistent with Dirac multipoles of lower symmetry or, alternatively, with a particular configuration of loop currents that flow on the faces of the Cu⁢O$_6$ octahedra.
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hal-02364831 , version 1 (22-10-2024)

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Yang Tang, Lucile Mangin-Thro, Andrew Wildes, Mun Chan, Chelsey Dorow, et al.. Orientation of the intra-unit-cell magnetic moment in the high- T c superconductor HgB a$_2$ CuO$_{4+δ}$. Physical Review B, 2018, 98 (21), pp.214418. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214418⟩. ⟨hal-02364831⟩
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