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Muon-spin-relaxation investigation of EuMn₂O₅

S. I. Vorob'ev^a, E. I. Golovenchits^b, V. P. Koptev^a, E. N. Komarov^a, S. A. Kotov^a, V. A. Sanina^b, G. V. Shcherbakov^a

^a B. P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
^b Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: The magnetic properties of the EuMn₂O₅ multiferroic (samples consisting of single crystals and ceramic samples) have been investigated by the muon-spin-relaxation (μSR) method in the temperature range of 10–300 K. Below the magnetic ordering temperature T _N = 40 K, the loss of the polarization of muons and the effect of the external magnetic field have been observed. Both phenomena can be explained by an additional channel of the depolarization of muons owing to the appearance of muons in a medium with a low electron density due to the charge separation process (the redistribution of the electron density in the phase transition process). The “memory” phenomenon has been revealed in a sample in the external magnetic field; the memory relaxation time depends on the size of the structure units of the samples (single crystals or ceramic grains).

Received: 26.03.2010