Long range and short range magnetic order in new compound NaVGe2O6
A. N. Vasiliev, T. N. Voloshok, O. L. Ignatchik, M. Isobe+, Y. Ueda+
Low Temperature Physics Department, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
+Materials Design and Characterization Laboratory, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo,
Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
PACS: 65.40.-b, 75.50.-y
Abstract
The new metaloxide pyroxene compound NaVGe2O6 containing
isolated edge-sharing VO6 (S = 1) chains undergoes a transition into a
long range antiferromagnetic state at TN = 16 K. The broad maximum in the
temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility at TM = 26 K indicates
the low-dimensional character of magnetic subsystem. Even though the
antiferromagnetic ordering is accompanied by a sharp peak of specific
heat, significant magnetic entropy is released above the Neel temperature.