Quantum spin liquid ground state in the Co-based triangular antiferromagnet Na2BaCo(PO4)2

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A triangular lattice occupies a special position in the quantum spin-liquid (QSL) physics. Although the triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet is known to evade a QSL, several ingredients including exchange randomness, spin-orbit coupling, anisotropic and biquadratic exchange interactions have been controversially discussed as a route to stabilize QSLs. Recently, the Co-based triangular antiferromagnet Na2BaCo(PO4)2 has emerged as a new candidate for QSL, The triangular layers of Co2+ (jeff = 1/2) ions are separated by a single layer of nonmagnetic BaO12 polyhedra and stacked along c-axis. Our preliminary results defied magnetic and structural phase transitions down to 50 mK. Rather, the large residual magnetic entropy is retained at low temperatures, indicating abundant low-lying magnetic excitations. With the aid of muSR, we will corroborate a truly dynamic ground state.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920237-1
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/109731317
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Creator Dr Robert Cava; Dr Ruidan Zhong; Professor KwangYong Choi; Dr Adam Berlie; Dr Suheon Lee
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2023
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2020-02-15T08:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2020-02-19T09:01:07Z