Deconfined quantum critical point lost in pressurized SrCu2(BO3)2
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| author | Guo, Jing Wang, Pengyu Huang, Cheng Chen, Bin-Bin Hong, Wenshan Cai, Shu Zhao, Jinyu Han, Jinyu Chen, Xintian Zhou, Yazhou Li, Shiliang Wu, Qi Meng, Zi Yang Sun, Liling |
| author_facet | Guo, Jing Wang, Pengyu Huang, Cheng Chen, Bin-Bin Hong, Wenshan Cai, Shu Zhao, Jinyu Han, Jinyu Chen, Xintian Zhou, Yazhou Li, Shiliang Wu, Qi Meng, Zi Yang Sun, Liling |
| contents | In the field of correlated electron materials, the relation between the resonating spin singlet and antiferromagnetic states has long been an attractive topic for understanding of the interesting macroscopic quantum phenomena, such as the ones emerging from magnetic frustrated materials, antiferromagnets and high-temperature superconductors. SrCu2(BO3)2 is a well-known quantum magnet, and it is theoretically expected to be the candidate of correlated electron material for clarifying the existence of a pressure-induced deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP), featured by a continuous quantum phase transition, between the plaquette-singlet (PS) valence bond solid phase and the antiferromagnetic (AF) phase. However, the real nature of the transition is yet to be identified experimentally due to the technical challenge. Here we show the experimental results for the first time, through the state-of-the-art high-pressure heat capacity measurement, that the PS-AF phase transition of the pressurized SrCu2(BO3)2 at zero field is clearly a first-order one. Our result clarifies the more than two-decade long debates about this key issue, and resonates nicely with the recent quantum entanglement understanding that the theoretically predicted DQCPs in representative lattice models are actually a first-order transition. Intriguingly, we also find that the transition temperatures of the PS and AF phase meet at the same pressure-temperature point, which signifies a bi-critical point as those observed in Fe-based superconductor and heavy-fermion compound, and constitutes the first experimental discovery of the pressure-induced bi-critical point in frustrated magnets. Our results provide fresh information for understanding the evolution among different spin states of correlated electron materials under pressure. |
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| spellingShingle | Deconfined quantum critical point lost in pressurized SrCu2(BO3)2 Guo, Jing Wang, Pengyu Huang, Cheng Chen, Bin-Bin Hong, Wenshan Cai, Shu Zhao, Jinyu Han, Jinyu Chen, Xintian Zhou, Yazhou Li, Shiliang Wu, Qi Meng, Zi Yang Sun, Liling Strongly Correlated Electrons In the field of correlated electron materials, the relation between the resonating spin singlet and antiferromagnetic states has long been an attractive topic for understanding of the interesting macroscopic quantum phenomena, such as the ones emerging from magnetic frustrated materials, antiferromagnets and high-temperature superconductors. SrCu2(BO3)2 is a well-known quantum magnet, and it is theoretically expected to be the candidate of correlated electron material for clarifying the existence of a pressure-induced deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP), featured by a continuous quantum phase transition, between the plaquette-singlet (PS) valence bond solid phase and the antiferromagnetic (AF) phase. However, the real nature of the transition is yet to be identified experimentally due to the technical challenge. Here we show the experimental results for the first time, through the state-of-the-art high-pressure heat capacity measurement, that the PS-AF phase transition of the pressurized SrCu2(BO3)2 at zero field is clearly a first-order one. Our result clarifies the more than two-decade long debates about this key issue, and resonates nicely with the recent quantum entanglement understanding that the theoretically predicted DQCPs in representative lattice models are actually a first-order transition. Intriguingly, we also find that the transition temperatures of the PS and AF phase meet at the same pressure-temperature point, which signifies a bi-critical point as those observed in Fe-based superconductor and heavy-fermion compound, and constitutes the first experimental discovery of the pressure-induced bi-critical point in frustrated magnets. Our results provide fresh information for understanding the evolution among different spin states of correlated electron materials under pressure. |
| title | Deconfined quantum critical point lost in pressurized SrCu2(BO3)2 |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.20128 |