Magnetic interactions in a triangular lattice quantum spin liquid

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A quantum spin liquid (QSL) is a new state of matter in which spins show no magnetic order down to zero temperature but are highly entangled. Elucidating the magnetic interactions of a QSL is essential to understanding the microscopic mechanism underlying this exotic state. Recently, our neutron scattering experiments on a quantum spin liquid (QSL) candidate YbMgGaO4 have revealed clear spinon excitation at zero temperature limit (70 mK), which is a hallmark of a QSL state. Hamiltonian combining XXZ model and spin-orbital coupling induced anisotropic interactions has been proposed to explain the stabilization of QSL state in this compound. Here, we propose to measure YbMgGaO4 single crystals with in-plane magnetic field to probe and determine the anisotropic interactions to help understand the origin of QSL state in triangular lattice.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5291/ILL-DATA.4-05-658
Metadata Access https://data.ill.fr/openaire/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=10.5291/ILL-DATA.4-05-658
Provenance
Creator Walker, Helen; Zhao, Jun; Boehm, Martin; Steffens, Paul; Wang, Qisi; Shen, Yao
Publisher Institut Laue-Langevin
Publication Year 2017
Rights OpenAccess; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset
Size 26 MB
Version 1
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields