Signatures of a gearwheel quantum spin liquid in a spin -½ pyrochlore molybdate Heisenberg antiferromagnet

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Beitragende

  • Yasir Iqbal - , Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) (Autor:in)
  • Tobias Müller - , Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Autor:in)
  • Kira Riedl - , Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Autor:in)
  • Johannes Reuther - , Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) (Autor:in)
  • Stephan Rachel - , Professur für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, University of Melbourne, Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Roser Valentí - , Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Autor:in)
  • Michel J.P. Gingras - , Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Waterloo, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (Autor:in)
  • Ronny Thomale - , Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Autor:in)
  • Harald O. Jeschke - , Okayama University (Autor:in)

Abstract

We theoretically investigate the lowerature phase of the recently synthesized Lu2Mo2O5N2 material, an extraordinarily rare realization of a S=1/2 three-dimensional pyrochlore Heisenberg antiferromagnet in which Mo5+ are the S=1/2 magnetic species. Despite a Curie-Weiss temperature (ΘCW) of -121(1) K, experiments have found no signature of magnetic ordering or spin freezing down to T∗≈0.5 K. Using density functional theory, we find that the compound is well described by a Heisenberg model with exchange parameters up to third nearest neighbors. The analysis of this model via the pseudofermion functional renormalization group method reveals paramagnetic behavior down to a temperature of at least T=|ΘCW|/100, in agreement with the experimental findings hinting at a possible three-dimensional quantum spin liquid. The spin susceptibility profile in reciprocal space shows momentum-dependent features forming a "gearwheel" pattern, characterizing what may be viewed as a molten version of a chiral noncoplanar incommensurate spiral order under the action of quantum fluctuations. Our calculated reciprocal space susceptibility maps provide benchmarks for future neutron scattering experiments on single crystals of Lu2Mo2O5N2.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer071201
FachzeitschriftPhysical review materials
Jahrgang1
Ausgabenummer7
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 13 Dez. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa