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有序磁体中的自旋激发连续谱

Continuum of spin excitations in an ordered magnet

Jieming Sheng, Le Wang, Wenrui Jiang, Han Ge, Nan Zhao, Tiantian Li, Maiko Kofu, Dehong Yu, Wei Zhu, Jia-Wei Mei, Zhentao Wang, Liusuo Wu

AI总结:

本文证明有序反铁磁体Na$_2$BaCo(PO$_4$)$_2$中可由强量子涨落产生自旋激发连续谱,提示不能仅凭连续谱就判定量子自旋液体。

摘要:

在非弹性中子散射实验中观测到的自旋激发连续谱常被视为量子自旋液体形成的强有力证据。当量子自旋液体确实是无序磁性化合物的基态时,元激发不再是传统的自旋波(磁振子)。相反,磁振子分数化为自旋子,在非弹性中子散射实验中只留下可探测的双自旋子连续谱。对于一个干净的有序反铁磁体,我们是否能够观测到类似于量子自旋液体态中的连续谱,此前尚不清楚。这里我们表明,Na$_2$BaCo(PO$_4$)$_2$中的磁有序态能够承载由强量子涨落诱导的自旋激发连续谱。因此,在新材料探索中将此类连续谱归结为量子自旋液体的标志时,有必要进行重新审视。

英文摘要:

Continuum of spin excitations observed in inelastic neutron scattering experiments are often considered as a strong evidence of quantum spin liquid formation. When quantum spin liquid is indeed the ground state of a disorder-free magnetic compound, the elementary excitation is no longer the conventional spin waves (magnons). Instead, the magnons fractionalize into spinons, leaving only a two-spinon continuum detectable in inelastic neutron scattering experiments. For a clean ordered antiferromagnet, it was unclear if we can observe a continuous spectrum similar to the ones in a quantum spin liquid state. Here we show that the magnetically ordered state in Na$_2$BaCo(PO$_4$)$_2$ is able to host a spin excitation continuum induced by strong quantum fluctuations. Thus, a second thought is necessary when concluding such continuum as signature of quantum spin liquid in new material explorations.

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