Anisotropic in-plane heat transport of Kitaev magnet Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$

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Main Authors: Guang, Shuangkui, Li, Na, Huang, Qing, Xia, Ke, Wang, Yiyan, Liang, Hui, Sun, Yan, Li, Qiuju, Zhao, Xia, Luo, Rui Leonard, Chen, Gang, Zhou, Haidong, Sun, Xuefeng
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author Guang, Shuangkui
Li, Na
Huang, Qing
Xia, Ke
Wang, Yiyan
Liang, Hui
Sun, Yan
Li, Qiuju
Zhao, Xia
Luo, Rui Leonard
Chen, Gang
Zhou, Haidong
Sun, Xuefeng
author_facet Guang, Shuangkui
Li, Na
Huang, Qing
Xia, Ke
Wang, Yiyan
Liang, Hui
Sun, Yan
Li, Qiuju
Zhao, Xia
Luo, Rui Leonard
Chen, Gang
Zhou, Haidong
Sun, Xuefeng
contents We report a study on low-temperature heat transport of Kitaev magnet Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$, with the heat current and magnetic fields along the honeycomb spin layer (the $ab$ plane). The zero-field thermal conductivity of $κ^a_{xx}$ and $κ^{a*}_{xx}$ display similar temperature dependence and small difference in their magnitudes; whereas, their magnetic field (parallel to the heat current) dependence are quite different and are related to the field-induced magnetic transitions. The $κ^a_{xx}(B)$ data for $B \parallel a$ at very low temperatures have an anomaly at 10.25--10.5 T, which reveals an unexplored magnetic transition. The planar thermal Hall conductivity $κ^a_{xy}$ and $κ^{a*}_{xy}$ show very weak signals at low fields and rather large values with sign change at high fields. This may point to a possible magnetic structure transition or the change of the magnon band topology that induces a radical change of magnon Berry curvature distribution before entering the spin polarized state. These results put clear constraints on the high-field phase and the theoretical models for Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$.
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spellingShingle Anisotropic in-plane heat transport of Kitaev magnet Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$
Guang, Shuangkui
Li, Na
Huang, Qing
Xia, Ke
Wang, Yiyan
Liang, Hui
Sun, Yan
Li, Qiuju
Zhao, Xia
Luo, Rui Leonard
Chen, Gang
Zhou, Haidong
Sun, Xuefeng
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We report a study on low-temperature heat transport of Kitaev magnet Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$, with the heat current and magnetic fields along the honeycomb spin layer (the $ab$ plane). The zero-field thermal conductivity of $κ^a_{xx}$ and $κ^{a*}_{xx}$ display similar temperature dependence and small difference in their magnitudes; whereas, their magnetic field (parallel to the heat current) dependence are quite different and are related to the field-induced magnetic transitions. The $κ^a_{xx}(B)$ data for $B \parallel a$ at very low temperatures have an anomaly at 10.25--10.5 T, which reveals an unexplored magnetic transition. The planar thermal Hall conductivity $κ^a_{xy}$ and $κ^{a*}_{xy}$ show very weak signals at low fields and rather large values with sign change at high fields. This may point to a possible magnetic structure transition or the change of the magnon band topology that induces a radical change of magnon Berry curvature distribution before entering the spin polarized state. These results put clear constraints on the high-field phase and the theoretical models for Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$.
title Anisotropic in-plane heat transport of Kitaev magnet Na$_2$Co$_2$TeO$_6$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06316