Spin-Glass Insulator State in (Tb-La)2/3Ca1/3MnO3 Perovskite

Abstract
A thorough study of the low-temperature magnetic state of polycrystalline (Tb1/3La2/3)2/3Ca1/3MnO3 has been carried out. This perovskitelike compound is an insulator at low temperatures and shows an insulator-metal transition under magnetic field. All the measurements of its magnetic state (magnetization, susceptibility, and neutron diffraction) are consistent with spin-glass behavior. The magnetic and electronic phase diagram for the series (TbxLa1x)2/3Ca1/3MnO3 is depicted.