Fåk, B;
Kermarrec, E;
Messio, L;
Bernu, B;
Lhuillier, C;
Bert, F;
Mendels, P;
... Wills, AS; + view all
(2012)
Kapellasite: a kagome quantum spin liquid with competing interactions.
Physical Review Letters
, 109
(3)
, Article 037208. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.037208.
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Abstract
Magnetic susceptibility, NMR, muon spin relaxation, and inelastic neutron scattering measurements show that kapellasite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2, a geometrically frustrated spin-1/2 kagome antiferromagnet polymorphic with herbertsmithite, is a gapless spin liquid showing unusual dynamic short-range correlations of noncoplanar cuboc2 type which persist down to 20 mK. The Hamiltonian is determined from a fit of a high-temperature series expansion to bulk susceptibility data and possesses competing exchange interactions. The magnetic specific heat calculated from these exchange couplings is in good agreement with experiment. The temperature dependence of the magnetic structure factor and the muon relaxation rate are calculated in a Schwinger-boson approach and compared to experimental results.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Kapellasite: a kagome quantum spin liquid with competing interactions. |
Location: | US |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.037208 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.037208 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © 2012 American Physical Society |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1373188 |
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