Spectral evidence for Dirac spinons in a kagome lattice antiferromagnet
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| author | Zeng, Zhenyuan Zhou, Chengkang Zhou, Honglin Han, Lankun Chi, Runze Li, Kuo Kofu, Maiko Nakajima, Kenji Wei, Yuan Zhang, Wenliang Mazzone, Daniel G. Meng, Zi Yang Li, Shiliang |
| author_facet | Zeng, Zhenyuan Zhou, Chengkang Zhou, Honglin Han, Lankun Chi, Runze Li, Kuo Kofu, Maiko Nakajima, Kenji Wei, Yuan Zhang, Wenliang Mazzone, Daniel G. Meng, Zi Yang Li, Shiliang |
| contents | Emergent quasiparticles with a Dirac dispersion in condensed matter systems can be described by the Dirac equation for relativistic electrons, in analogy with Dirac particles in high-energy physics. For example, electrons with a Dirac dispersion have been intensively studied in electronic systems such as graphene and topological insulators. However, charge is not a prerequisite for Dirac fermions, and the emergence of Dirac fermions without charge degree of freedom has been theoretically predicted to be realized in Dirac quantum spin liquids. These quasiparticles carry a spin of 1/2 but are charge-neutral, and so are called spinons. Here we show that the spin excitations of a kagome antiferromagnet, YCu$_3$(OD)$_6$Br$_2$[Br$_{0.33}$(OD)$_{0.67}$], are conical with a spin continuum inside, which is consistent with the convolution of two Dirac spinons. The predictions of a Dirac spin liquid model with a spinon velocity obtained from the spectral measurements are in agreement with the low-temperature specific heat of the sample. Our results thus provide spectral evidence for the Dirac quantum spin liquid state emerging in this kagome lattice antiferromagnet. However, the locations of the conical spin excitations differ from those calculated by the nearest neighbor Heisenberg model, suggesting the Dirac spinons have an unexpected origin. |
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| spellingShingle | Spectral evidence for Dirac spinons in a kagome lattice antiferromagnet Zeng, Zhenyuan Zhou, Chengkang Zhou, Honglin Han, Lankun Chi, Runze Li, Kuo Kofu, Maiko Nakajima, Kenji Wei, Yuan Zhang, Wenliang Mazzone, Daniel G. Meng, Zi Yang Li, Shiliang Strongly Correlated Electrons Emergent quasiparticles with a Dirac dispersion in condensed matter systems can be described by the Dirac equation for relativistic electrons, in analogy with Dirac particles in high-energy physics. For example, electrons with a Dirac dispersion have been intensively studied in electronic systems such as graphene and topological insulators. However, charge is not a prerequisite for Dirac fermions, and the emergence of Dirac fermions without charge degree of freedom has been theoretically predicted to be realized in Dirac quantum spin liquids. These quasiparticles carry a spin of 1/2 but are charge-neutral, and so are called spinons. Here we show that the spin excitations of a kagome antiferromagnet, YCu$_3$(OD)$_6$Br$_2$[Br$_{0.33}$(OD)$_{0.67}$], are conical with a spin continuum inside, which is consistent with the convolution of two Dirac spinons. The predictions of a Dirac spin liquid model with a spinon velocity obtained from the spectral measurements are in agreement with the low-temperature specific heat of the sample. Our results thus provide spectral evidence for the Dirac quantum spin liquid state emerging in this kagome lattice antiferromagnet. However, the locations of the conical spin excitations differ from those calculated by the nearest neighbor Heisenberg model, suggesting the Dirac spinons have an unexpected origin. |
| title | Spectral evidence for Dirac spinons in a kagome lattice antiferromagnet |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11646 |