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幽灵跃迁的光谱证据:外加磁场中量子自旋跃迁的NMR 1/T_1弛豫理论

Spectral evidence of a ghostly transition: Theory of NMR 1/T_1 relaxation in a quantum spin nematic in applied magnetic field

Andrew Smerald, Nic Shannon

摘要:

现在有强有力的理论证据表明,在施加的磁场中,大范围的阻挫磁体应该支持量子自旋有序。尽管如此,自旋有序并没有打破时间反演对称性的事实使得它在实验中很难被检测到。在这篇文章中,我们继续在[Phys. Rev. B 88,184430(2013)]中开始的主题,探索自旋-自旋序如何在自旋激发谱中揭示自己。基于早期对非弹性中子散射的分析[Phys.Rev.B91,174402(2015)],我们展示了如何使用NMR 1/T_1弛豫速率来识别自旋-自旋态。我们强调的特点,1/T_1的通用功能,使用基于量子力学的描述的自旋-自旋序参量和它的flocks.Turning的特定情况下的自旋-1/2挫折铁磁体,我们表明,从竞争的自旋波激发的信号可以通过一个明智的选择核的网站和领域的方向被抑制。作为一个工作实例,我们展示了正方晶格阻挫铁磁体BaCdVO(PO_4)_2中的P NMR对自旋有序的敏感性。

英文摘要:

There is now strong theoretical evidence that a wide range of frustrated magnets should support quantum spin-nematic order in applied magnetic field. Nonetheless, the fact that spin-nematic order does not break time-reversal symmetry makes it very difficult to detect in experiment. In this article, we continue the theme begun in [Phys. Rev. B 88, 184430 (2013)], of exploring how spin-nematic order reveals itself in the spectrum of spin excitations. Building on an earlier analysis of inelastic neutron scattering [Phys. Rev. B 91, 174402 (2015)], we show how the NMR 1/T_1 relaxation rate could be used to identify a spin-nematic state. We emphasise the characteristic, universal features of 1/T_1, using a symmetry-based description of the spin-nematic order parameter and its fluctuations.Turning to the specific case of spin-1/2 frustrated ferromagnets, we show that the signal from competing spin-wave excitations can be suppressed through a judicious choice of nuclear site and field direction. As a worked example, we show how P NMR in the square-lattice frustrated ferromagnet BaCdVO(PO_4)_2 is sensitive to spin-nematic order.

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