Low-Field Magnetization and AC Magnetic Susceptibility of Spin- and Cluster-Glasses of Itinerant Magnet Fe_xTiS₂

Abstract

Magnetizations and ac magnetic susceptibilities at low magnetic fields using a SQUID magnetometer have been measured for spin-glass (SG; x=0.1 and 0.2) and cluster-glass (CG; x=1/4 and 1/3) phases of Fe_xTiS₂ over the frequency range 0.5--100, Hz and temperature range 4.2--80, K. The frequency and temperature variations of the ac magnetic susceptibilities have different behaviors for SG and CG; in particular, the estimated distribution function of relaxation time g(ω, , T) for x=1/4 has a double-peaked shape. The dimensionality and criticality of the CG phases are also discussed. Monte Calro simulations using a site-percolation model with a two-dimensional triangular lattice are made by taking into account the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd nearest neighbors to obtain the percolation probability P.