Spin correlations in the dipolar pyrochlore antiferromagnet GdSnO.

We investigate spin correlations in the dipolar Heisenberg antiferromagnet GdSnO using polarised neutron-scattering measurements in the correlated paramagnetic regime. Using Monte Carlo methods, we show that our data are sensitive to weak further-neighbour exchange interactions of magnitude  ∼0.5% of the nearest-neighbour interaction, and are compatible with either antiferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbour interactions, or ferromagnetic third-neighbour interactions that connect spins across hexagonal loops.

Hidden order in spin-liquid Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂.

Frustrated magnetic materials are promising candidates for new states of matter because lattice geometry suppresses conventional magnetic dipole order, potentially allowing "hidden" order to emerge in its place. A model of a hidden-order state at the atomic scale is difficult to deduce because microscopic probes are not directly sensitive to hidden order. Here, we develop such a model of the spin-liquid state in the canonical frustrated magnet gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd3Ga5O12).