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Auteurs principaux: Imai, Takashi, Wang, Jiaming, Smaha, Rebecca W., He, Wei, Wen, Jiajia, Lee, Young S.
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2023
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08624
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  • We report $^{79}$Br and $^{63}$Cu nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) in the paramagnetic state above $T_\text{N} = 15$ K of the antiferromagnetic orthorhombic phase of barlowite Cu$_4$(OD)$_6$FBr consisting of a layered kagome structure. The divergent behavior of the longitudinal $^{79}(1/T_{1})$ and transverse $^{79}(1/T_{2})$ relaxation rates observed at $^{79}$Br sites evidences that critical slowing down of Cu spin fluctuations sets in below $\sim20$ K. This means that one or more Cu sites, most likely at the interlayer Cu(3,4,5) sites between the kagome planes, undergo the antiferromagnetic phase transition in a fairly conventional way. On the other hand, the $^{63}$Cu NQR signal intensity is gradually wiped out below $\sim30$ K, pointing toward gradual spin freezing of the kagome layers instead. These contrasting findings suggest significant roles played by magnetic frustration effects within the kagome layers.