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阻挫烧绿石Yb2Ti2O7中量子磁单极子的热导率

Thermal conductivity of quantum magnetic monopoles in the frustrated pyrochlore Yb2Ti2O7

Y. Tokiwa, T. Yamashita, M. Udagawa, S. Kittaka, T. Sakakibara, D. Terazawa, Y. Shimoyama, T. Terashima, Y. Yasui, T. Shibauchi, Y. Matsuda

摘要:

我们报道了烧绿石Yb $_2$ Ti $_2$ O $_7$的低温热导率$κ$,其中包含具有显著量子涨落的受抑自旋冰关联。在无序自旋液体区域,$κ(H)$表现出非单调的磁场依赖性,这是很好地解释了强的自旋-声子散射和量子相干激发。我们发现量子单极子的激发能比无色散的经典单极子的激发能有很强的抑制。此外,与扩散的经典单极子形成鲜明对比的是,量子单极子具有很长的平均自由程,我们推断量子单极子是一种新的重粒子,可能是玻色子,它在三维自旋液体中是高度可动的。

英文摘要:

We report low-temperature thermal conductivity $κ$ of pyrochlore Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$, which contains frustrated spin-ice correlations with significant quantum fluctuations. In the disordered spin-liquid regime, $κ(H)$ exhibits a nonmonotonic magnetic field dependence, which is well explained by the strong spin-phonon scattering and quantum monopole excitations. We show that the excitation energy of quantum monopoles is strongly suppressed from that of dispersionless classical monopoles. Moreover, in stark contrast to the diffusive classical monopoles, the quantum monopoles have a very long mean free path. We infer that the quantum monopole is a novel heavy particle, presumably boson, which is highly mobile in a three-dimensional spin liquid.

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