Spin dynamics in the Dirac $U(1)$ spin liquid YbZn$_2$GaO$_5$

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Main Authors: Wu, Hank C. H., Pratt, Francis L., Huddart, Benjamin M., Chatterjee, Dipranjan, Goddard, Paul A., Singleton, John, Prabhakaran, D., Blundell, Stephen J.
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Published: 2025
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author Wu, Hank C. H.
Pratt, Francis L.
Huddart, Benjamin M.
Chatterjee, Dipranjan
Goddard, Paul A.
Singleton, John
Prabhakaran, D.
Blundell, Stephen J.
author_facet Wu, Hank C. H.
Pratt, Francis L.
Huddart, Benjamin M.
Chatterjee, Dipranjan
Goddard, Paul A.
Singleton, John
Prabhakaran, D.
Blundell, Stephen J.
contents YbZn$_2$GaO$_5$ is a promising candidate for realizing a quantum spin liquid (QSL) state, particularly owing to its lack of significant site disorder. Pulsed-field magnetometry at 0.5 K shows magnetization saturating near 15 T, with a corrected saturation moment of 2.1(1) $μ_\mathrm{B}$ after subtracting the van Vleck contribution. Our zero-field $μ$SR measurements down to milliKelvin temperatures provide evidence for a dynamic ground state and the absence of magnetic order. To probe fluctuations in the local magnetic field at the muon site, we performed longitudinal field $μ$SR experiments. These results provide evidence for spin dynamics with a field dependence that is consistent with a U1A01 Dirac QSL as a plausible description of the ground state.
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spellingShingle Spin dynamics in the Dirac $U(1)$ spin liquid YbZn$_2$GaO$_5$
Wu, Hank C. H.
Pratt, Francis L.
Huddart, Benjamin M.
Chatterjee, Dipranjan
Goddard, Paul A.
Singleton, John
Prabhakaran, D.
Blundell, Stephen J.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
YbZn$_2$GaO$_5$ is a promising candidate for realizing a quantum spin liquid (QSL) state, particularly owing to its lack of significant site disorder. Pulsed-field magnetometry at 0.5 K shows magnetization saturating near 15 T, with a corrected saturation moment of 2.1(1) $μ_\mathrm{B}$ after subtracting the van Vleck contribution. Our zero-field $μ$SR measurements down to milliKelvin temperatures provide evidence for a dynamic ground state and the absence of magnetic order. To probe fluctuations in the local magnetic field at the muon site, we performed longitudinal field $μ$SR experiments. These results provide evidence for spin dynamics with a field dependence that is consistent with a U1A01 Dirac QSL as a plausible description of the ground state.
title Spin dynamics in the Dirac $U(1)$ spin liquid YbZn$_2$GaO$_5$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.00130