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arXiv 1906.07579cond-mat.str-el
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Kitaev自旋液体候选物$α$ $_3$的动力学和热磁性质

Dynamical and thermal magnetic properties of the Kitaev spin liquid candidate $α$-RuCl$_3$

Pontus Laurell, Satoshi Okamoto

摘要:

$α$ -RuCl $_3$的正确低能自旋哈密顿量描述是什么?这种材料是一种很有前途的Kitaev自旋液体候选者,但也被称为磁性有序,其描述需要额外的相互作用项。这些相互作用的性质,它们的大小,甚至符号,仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。在这项工作中,我们系统地研究提出的有效哈密顿的动力学和热力学磁性。我们使用精确对角化方法计算零温中子非弹性散射强度,使用热纯量子态方法计算磁比热。我们发现,没有一个单一的电流模型能满意地解释$α$ -RuCl $_3$的所有观察到的现象.特别是,我们发现,从第一性原理导出的哈密顿量可以捕获实验观察到的高温峰的磁比热,而高估的磁振子能量在区中心。相比之下,其他模型再现了INS数据的重要特征,但未充分描述磁比热。为了解决这个矛盾,我们提出了一个修改的从头算模型,是一致的磁比热和低能量的INS数据的功能。

英文摘要:

What is the correct low-energy spin Hamiltonian description of $α$-RuCl$_3$? The material is a promising Kitaev spin liquid candidate, but is also known to order magnetically, the description of which necessitates additional interaction terms. The nature of these interactions, their magnitudes and even signs, remain an open question. In this work we systematically investigate dynamical and thermodynamic magnetic properties of proposed effective Hamiltonians. We calculate zero-temperature inelastic neutron scattering (INS) intensities using exact diagonalization, and magnetic specific heat using a thermal pure quantum states method. We find that no single current model satisfactorily explains all observed phenomena of $α$-RuCl$_3$. In particular, we find that Hamiltonians derived from first principles can capture the experimentally observed high-temperature peak in the magnetic specific heat, while overestimating the magnon energy at the zone center. In contrast, other models reproduce important features of the INS data, but do not adequately describe the magnetic specific heat. To address this discrepancy we propose a modified ab initio model that is consistent with both magnetic specific heat and low-energy features of INS data.

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