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arXiv 2008.02037cond-mat.str-el
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Kitaev模型材料$α$ $_{3}$中的近似铁磁态

Proximate ferromagnetic state in the Kitaev model material $α$-RuCl$_{3}$

H. Suzuki, H. Liu, J. Bertinshaw, K. Ueda, H. Kim, S. Laha, D. Weber, Z. Yang, L. Wang, H. Takahashi, K. Fürsich, M. Minola, B. V. Lotsch, B. J. Kim, H. Yavaş, … 展开作者

H. Suzuki, H. Liu, J. Bertinshaw, K. Ueda, H. Kim, S. Laha, D. Weber, Z. Yang, L. Wang, H. Takahashi, K. Fürsich, M. Minola, B. V. Lotsch, B. J. Kim, H. Yavaş, M. Daghofer, J. Chaloupka, G. Khaliullin, H. Gretarsson, B. Keimer

摘要:

$α$ -RuCl $_{3}$是实现Kitaev量子自旋液体的主要候选者,但其在低温下的锯齿形反铁磁序表明偏离Kitaev模型。我们通过共振非弹性X射线散射研究在Ru $L_{3}$吸收边对$α$ -RuCl $_{3}$的自旋哈密顿量进行了定量。在顺磁状态下,磁激发的准弹性强度在区域中心附近具有宽的最大值,而在锯齿形磁布拉格波矢处没有任何局部最大值。这一发现意味着之字形秩序是脆弱的,很容易不稳定的竞争铁磁相关。实验确定的哈密顿量的经典基态实际上是铁磁的。锯齿形状态通过量子“无序有序”机制稳定下来,留下铁磁性--连同Kitaev自旋液体--作为能量上接近的亚稳态。这三个紧密竞争的状态和它们的集体激发是理论上理解磁场中$α$ -RuCl $_{3}$的不寻常性质的关键。

英文摘要:

$α$-RuCl$_{3}$ is a major candidate for the realization of the Kitaev quantum spin liquid, but its zigzag antiferromagnetic order at low temperatures indicates deviations from the Kitaev model. We have quantified the spin Hamiltonian of $α$-RuCl$_{3}$ by a resonant inelastic x-ray scattering study at the Ru $L_{3}$ absorption edge. In the paramagnetic state, the quasi-elastic intensity of magnetic excitations has a broad maximum around the zone center without any local maxima at the zigzag magnetic Bragg wavevectors. This finding implies that the zigzag order is fragile and readily destabilized by competing ferromagnetic correlations. The classical ground state of the experimentally determined Hamiltonian is actually ferromagnetic. The zigzag state is stabilized via a quantum "order by disorder" mechanism, leaving ferromagnetism -- along with the Kitaev spin liquid -- as energetically proximate metastable states. The three closely competing states and their collective excitations hold the key to the theoretical understanding of the unusual properties of $α$-RuCl$_{3}$ in magnetic fields.

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