Neutron scattering on frustrated quantum magnets (C03)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2015
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 247310070

In this project, elastic and inelastic neutron scattering on single crystals and powder samples will be used to study magnetic properties of quantum magnets that host exotic ground states resulting from magnetic frustration. The aim of the project is to understand emergent low-temperature phases, such as quantum spin liquids and noncollinear spin structures, as well as fractionalized magnetic excitations, in several representative frustrated materials via their magnetic fluctuation spectrum. Our experimental methods will include conventional neutron diffraction and small-angle scattering, triple-axis and time-of-flight neutron spectroscopy with unpolarized and polarized neutrons, including measurements at sub-kelvin temperatures and in magnetic field.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1143: Correlated Magnetism: From Frustration to Topology
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Dresden
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Dmytro Inosov; Dr. Darren Peets