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近似蜂窝格点上的自旋与半整数自旋

Integer vs. half-integer spin on an approximate honeycomb lattice

Veronica J. Stewart, Juan R. Chamorro, Tyrel M. McQueen

摘要:

最近对蜂窝晶格材料的兴趣集中在它们具有量子自旋液体(QSL)态的潜力。键角和自旋的变化允许在这个晶格上的一系列有趣的行为,从Kitaev模型预测的QSL基态到奇异的磁序。在这里,我们报告的物理性质的两个化合物与稀土的近似蜂窝晶格。同构化合物Nd $_2$ S $_5$ Sn(J = $\frac{9}{2}$)和Pr $_2$ S $_5$ Sn(J = 4)允许直接比较该晶格上的半整数自旋与整数自旋。我们发现这两种化合物的磁性明显不同。Nd $_2$ S $_5$ Sn在T $_N$ $\approx$ 2.5 K处反铁磁有序,并在外加磁场下经历几次向其它有序态的磁转变。Pr $_2$ S $_5$ Sn在T = 0.41 K以上不显示磁有序转变,并且可能接近自旋液态。

英文摘要:

Recent interest in honeycomb lattice materials has focused on their potential to host quantum spin liquid (QSL) states. Variations in bond angles and spin allow a range of interesting behaviors on this lattice, from the predicted QSL ground state of the Kitaev model to exotic magnetic orders. Here we report the physical properties of two compounds with rare earths on an approximate honeycomb lattice. The isostructural compounds Nd$_2$S$_5$Sn (J = $\frac{9}{2}$) and Pr$_2$S$_5$Sn (J = 4) permit a direct comparison of half-integer versus integer spins on this lattice. We find strikingly different magnetic properties for the two compounds. Nd$_2$S$_5$Sn orders antiferromagnetically at T$_N$ $\approx$ 2.5 K, and undergoes several magnetic transitions to other ordered states under applied field. Pr$_2$S$_5$Sn displays no magnetic ordering transition above T = 0.41 K, and may be proximate to a spin liquid state.

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