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Kagome格点磁性Weyl半金属中的隐局域对称破缺

Hidden local symmetry breaking in a kagome-lattice magnetic Weyl semimetal

Qiang Zhang, Yuanpeng Zhang, Masaaki Matsuda, Vasile O Garlea, Jiaqiang Yan, Michael A. McGuire, D. Alan Tennant, Satoshi Okamoto

摘要:

探索物理性质与结构复杂性之间的关系是现代功能材料研究的中心课题。Co $_{3}$ Sn $_{2}$ S $_{2}$是一种新发现的磁性Weyl半金属,由于其拓扑半金属态和特殊磁性之间的密切耦合而引起了人们的极大兴趣。然而,磁相分离和自旋玻璃态低于$T_{C}$在这种有序的化合物的起源是两个悬而未决的,但在理解其磁性的重要难题。在这里,我们报告的局部对称性破缺的发现令人惊讶地共同出现在Co $_{3}$ Sn $_{2}$ S $_{2}$的铁磁秩序的发病,通过结合使用中子全散射和半极化中子衍射。局部和平均对称性的失配发生在低于$T_{C}$,表明Co $_{3}$ Sn $_{2}$ S $_{2}$演化为内在晶格无序系统时,铁磁秩序的建立。伴随着晶格无序的局域对称性破缺为这一令人困惑的磁性问题提供了新的认识。我们的密度泛函理论计算表明,局部对称性破缺预计将重新定位局部铁磁矩,揭示了与晶格不稳定性相关的铁磁不稳定性的存在。此外,DFT计算揭示了局域对称性破缺可以通过破坏镜像平面来影响外尔性质。我们的研究结果突出了根本性的重要作用,局部对称性破缺在推进我们对Co $_{3}$ Sn $_{2}$ S $_{2}$的磁性和拓扑性质的理解,这可能会引起注意,探索被忽视的局部对称性破缺在Co $_{3}$ Sn $_{2}$ S $_{2}$,其衍生物,更广泛地在其他拓扑狄拉克/Weyl半金属和kagome晶格磁体。

英文摘要:

Exploring the relationship between intriguing physical properties and structural complexity is a central topic in studying modern functional materials. Co$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$S$_{2}$, a new discovered kagome-lattice magnetic Weyl semimetal, has triggered intense interest owing to the intimate coupling between topological semimetallic states and peculiar magnetic properties. However, the origins of the magnetic phase separation and spin glass state below $T_{C}$ in this ordered compound are two unresolved yet important puzzles in understanding its magnetism. Here, we report the discovery of local symmetry breaking surprisingly co-emerges with the onset of ferromagnetic order in Co$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$S$_{2}$, by a combined use of neutron total scattering and half polarized neutron diffraction. The mismatch of local and average symmetries occurs below $T_{C}$, indicating that Co$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$S$_{2}$ evolves to an intrinsically lattice disordered system when the ferromagnetic order is established. The local symmetry breaking with intrinsic lattice disorder provides new understandings to the puzzling magnetic properties. Our density function theory calculation indicates that the local symmetry breaking is expected to reorient local ferromagnetic moments, unveiling the existence of the ferromagnetic instability associated with the lattice instability. Furthermore, DFT calculation unveils that the local symmetry breaking could affect the Weyl property by breaking mirror plane. Our findings highlight the fundamentally important role that the local symmetry breaking plays in advancing our understanding on the magnetic and topological properties in Co$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$S$_{2}$, which may draw the attention to explore the overlooked local symmetry breaking in Co$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$S$_{2}$, its derivatives, and more broadly in other topological Dirac/Weyl semimetals and kagome-lattice magnets.

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