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Abstract:
We report an observation of two-dimensional incommensurate magnetic
fluctuations in the layered metallic perovskite Sr3Ru2O7. The wave
vectors where the magnetic fluctuations are strongest are different from
those observed in the superconducting single layer ruthenate Sr2RuO4 and
appear to be determined by Fermi surface nesting. No antiferromagnetic
ordering is observed for temperatures down to 1.5 K. For temperatures
Tgreater than or similar to20 K, the fluctuations become predominately
ferromagnetic. Our inelastic neutron scattering measurements provide
concrete evidence of the coexistence of competing interactions in
Sr3Ru2O7 and of the low-energy scale of the fluctuations.