Search for orbital magnetism in the kagome superconductor ${\rm CsV_3Sb_5}$ using neutron diffraction

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Autori principali: Liège, William, Xie, Yaofeng, Bounoua, Dalila, Sidis, Yvan, Bourdarot, Frédéric, Li, Yongkai, Wang, Zhiwei, Yin, Jia-Xin, Dai, Pengcheng, Bourges, Philippe
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author Liège, William
Xie, Yaofeng
Bounoua, Dalila
Sidis, Yvan
Bourdarot, Frédéric
Li, Yongkai
Wang, Zhiwei
Yin, Jia-Xin
Dai, Pengcheng
Bourges, Philippe
author_facet Liège, William
Xie, Yaofeng
Bounoua, Dalila
Sidis, Yvan
Bourdarot, Frédéric
Li, Yongkai
Wang, Zhiwei
Yin, Jia-Xin
Dai, Pengcheng
Bourges, Philippe
contents As many Kagome metals, the topological superconductor AV$_3$Sb$_5$ with (A = K,Rb,Cs) hosts a charge density wave . A related chiral flux phase that breaks the time-reversal symmetry has been further theoretically predicted in these materials. The flux phase is associated with loop currents that produce ordered orbital magnetic moments, which would occur at the momentum points, $\bf M$, characterizing the charge-density wave state. Polarized neutron-diffraction experiments have been performed on an assembly of single crystals of ${\rm CsV_3Sb_5}$ to search for such orbital magnetic moments. No evidence for the existence of a three-dimensionally ordered moment is found at any temperature at the first ${\bf M_1}$=(1/2,0,0) point in the Brillouin zone within an excellent experimental uncertainty, ${\it i.e.}$ ${\bf m}=0 \pm 0.01μ_B$ per vanadium atom. However, a hint to a magnetic orbital moment is found in the second Brillouin zone at {\bf M$_2$}=(1/2,1/2,0) at the detection limit of the experiment. Some loop currents patterns flowing ${\it only}$ on vanadium triangles are able to account for this finding suggesting an ordered orbital magnetic moment of, at most, $\sim 0.02 \pm 0.01μ_B$ per vanadium triangle.
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spellingShingle Search for orbital magnetism in the kagome superconductor ${\rm CsV_3Sb_5}$ using neutron diffraction
Liège, William
Xie, Yaofeng
Bounoua, Dalila
Sidis, Yvan
Bourdarot, Frédéric
Li, Yongkai
Wang, Zhiwei
Yin, Jia-Xin
Dai, Pengcheng
Bourges, Philippe
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
As many Kagome metals, the topological superconductor AV$_3$Sb$_5$ with (A = K,Rb,Cs) hosts a charge density wave . A related chiral flux phase that breaks the time-reversal symmetry has been further theoretically predicted in these materials. The flux phase is associated with loop currents that produce ordered orbital magnetic moments, which would occur at the momentum points, $\bf M$, characterizing the charge-density wave state. Polarized neutron-diffraction experiments have been performed on an assembly of single crystals of ${\rm CsV_3Sb_5}$ to search for such orbital magnetic moments. No evidence for the existence of a three-dimensionally ordered moment is found at any temperature at the first ${\bf M_1}$=(1/2,0,0) point in the Brillouin zone within an excellent experimental uncertainty, ${\it i.e.}$ ${\bf m}=0 \pm 0.01μ_B$ per vanadium atom. However, a hint to a magnetic orbital moment is found in the second Brillouin zone at {\bf M$_2$}=(1/2,1/2,0) at the detection limit of the experiment. Some loop currents patterns flowing ${\it only}$ on vanadium triangles are able to account for this finding suggesting an ordered orbital magnetic moment of, at most, $\sim 0.02 \pm 0.01μ_B$ per vanadium triangle.
title Search for orbital magnetism in the kagome superconductor ${\rm CsV_3Sb_5}$ using neutron diffraction
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14391