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Herbertsmithite与量子自旋液体的寻找

Herbertsmithite and the Search for the Quantum Spin Liquid

M. R. Norman

摘要:

量子自旋液体形成了一类新的物质,尽管存在强交换相互作用,但在最低测量温度下,自旋并不有序。通常,这些发生在晶格中,以阻止磁性的出现。在二维中,经典的例子是由角共享三角形组成的kagome晶格。有多种矿物的过渡金属离子形成这样的晶格。因此,已经研究了其中的一些,然后进行合成,以获得更原始的样品。特别值得注意的是2005年Dan Nocera小组的报告,该报告合成了由位于可果美晶格上的铜离子晶格组成的赫伯茨米特,尽管存在17 meV的大交换相互作用,但在最低测量温度下确实不有序。在过去的十年中,这种材料被广泛研究,产生了许多有趣的惊喜,反过来又激发了对kagome晶格上自旋1/2海森堡模型的理论研究的兴趣。在这篇学术讨论会文章中,我将回顾这些进展,然后讨论潜在的未来方向,包括实验和理论,以及掺杂这些材料的挑战,希望这可能导致发现新的拓扑和超导相。

英文摘要:

Quantum spin liquids form a novel class of matter where, despite the existence of strong exchange interactions, spins do not order down to the lowest measured temperature. Typically, these occur in lattices that act to frustrate the appearance of magnetism. In two dimensions, the classic example is the kagome lattice composed of corner sharing triangles. There are a variety of minerals whose transition metal ions form such a lattice. Hence, a number of them have been studied, and were then subsequently synthesized in order to obtain more pristine samples. Of particular note was the report in 2005 by Dan Nocera's group of the synthesis of herbertsmithite, composed of a lattice of copper ions sitting on a kagome lattice, which indeed does not order down to the lowest measured temperature despite the existence of a large exchange interaction of 17 meV. Over the past decade, this material has been extensively studied, yielding a number of intriguing surprises that have in turn motivated a resurgence of interest in the theoretical study of the spin 1/2 Heisenberg model on a kagome lattice. In this colloquium article, I will review these developments, and then discuss potential future directions, both experimental and theoretical, as well as the challenge of doping these materials with the hope that this could lead to the discovery of novel topological and superconducting phases.

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