Publications by authors named "V Hutanu"

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  • 5d iridium oxides, like strontium iridate (Sr₂IrO₄), are being studied for potential new quantum states due to strong spin-orbit coupling and an unconventional Mott insulating state.
  • Researchers used polarized neutron diffraction to measure the magnetization density in Sr₂IrO₄, revealing that its distribution is anisotropic and aspherical, differing from the expected j_{eff}=1/2 model.
  • The study found that the magnetization density showed a dominant xy orbital contribution, suggesting that the relationship to superconducting copper oxides may not be as strong as previously believed.
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The crystal structure of a new superconductor UTe has been investigated using single-crystal neutron diffraction for the first time at the low temperature (LT) of 2.7 K, just above the superconducting transition temperature of ∼1.6 K, in order to clarify whether the orthorhombic structure of type Immm (No.

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Spin ices are exotic phases of matter characterized by frustrated spins obeying local "ice rules," in analogy with the electric dipoles in water ice. In two dimensions, one can similarly define ice rules for in-plane Ising-like spins arranged on a kagome lattice. These ice rules require each triangle plaquette to have a single monopole and can lead to different types of orders and excitations.

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In order to make a new approach to the elucidation of the microscopic mechanisms of multiferroicity in the RMnO family, experiments with different methods of polarized neutrons scattering were performed on a TbMnO single crystal. We employed three different techniques of polarized neutron diffraction without the analysis after scattering, the XYZ-polarization analysis, and technique of spherical neutron polarimetry (SNP). Measurements with SNP were undertaken both with and without external electric field.

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For a symmetry-consistent theoretical description of the ferroelectric phase of BaMnGeO melilite compound, a precise knowledge of its crystal structure is a prerequisite. Here we report results of single-crystal neutron diffraction experiments on BaMnGeO at room (300 K) and low (10 K) temperatures. The structural model based on the tetragonal space group P4̅2 m describes the BaMnGeO symmetry both at room and low temperatures.

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