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Main Authors: Nandi, Saikat, Jawale, Monika, Bachhar, Sanjay, Kumar, Rahul, Schuller, Marlis, Bag, Rabindranath, Wilkinson, J., Sichelschmidt, Jörg, Sundaresan, A., Haravifard, Sara, Büttgen, N., Mahajan, A. V.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10290
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author Nandi, Saikat
Jawale, Monika
Bachhar, Sanjay
Kumar, Rahul
Schuller, Marlis
Bag, Rabindranath
Wilkinson, J.
Sichelschmidt, Jörg
Sundaresan, A.
Haravifard, Sara
Büttgen, N.
Mahajan, A. V.
author_facet Nandi, Saikat
Jawale, Monika
Bachhar, Sanjay
Kumar, Rahul
Schuller, Marlis
Bag, Rabindranath
Wilkinson, J.
Sichelschmidt, Jörg
Sundaresan, A.
Haravifard, Sara
Büttgen, N.
Mahajan, A. V.
contents Spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic frustrated spin chain systems display exotic ground states with unconventional excitations and distinct quantum phase transitions as the ratio of next-nearest-neighbor to nearest-neighbor coupling is tuned. We present a comprehensive investigation of the structural, magnetic, and thermodynamics properties of the spin-1/2 compound, Cu(Ampy)ClBr (Ampy= C$_6$H$_8$N$_2$ = 2-(Aminomethyl)pyridine) via x-ray diffraction, magnetization, specific heat, $^1$H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron spin resonance (ESR), and muon spin relaxation ($μ$SR) techniques. The crystal structure features an anisotropic triangular chain lattice of magnetic Cu$^{2+}$ ions. Our bulk and local probe experiments detect neither long-range magnetic ordering nor spin freezing down to 0.06 K despite the presence of moderate antiferromagnetic interaction between Cu$^{2+}$ spins as reflected by a Curie-Weiss temperature of about $-9$ K from the bulk susceptibility data. A broad maximum is observed at about 9 K in magnetic susceptibility and specific heat data, indicating the onset of short-range spin correlations. At low temperatures, the zero-field magnetic specific heat and the $^1$H NMR spin-lattice relaxation rate follow an exponential temperature dependence, indicating the presence of gapped magnetic excitations. Furthermore, persistent spin dynamics down to 0.088 K observed by zero-field $μ$SR evidences lack of any static magnetism.
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spellingShingle Observation of a gapped phase in the one-dimensional $S = {\frac{1}{2}}$ Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain Cu(Ampy)ClBr
Nandi, Saikat
Jawale, Monika
Bachhar, Sanjay
Kumar, Rahul
Schuller, Marlis
Bag, Rabindranath
Wilkinson, J.
Sichelschmidt, Jörg
Sundaresan, A.
Haravifard, Sara
Büttgen, N.
Mahajan, A. V.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic frustrated spin chain systems display exotic ground states with unconventional excitations and distinct quantum phase transitions as the ratio of next-nearest-neighbor to nearest-neighbor coupling is tuned. We present a comprehensive investigation of the structural, magnetic, and thermodynamics properties of the spin-1/2 compound, Cu(Ampy)ClBr (Ampy= C$_6$H$_8$N$_2$ = 2-(Aminomethyl)pyridine) via x-ray diffraction, magnetization, specific heat, $^1$H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron spin resonance (ESR), and muon spin relaxation ($μ$SR) techniques. The crystal structure features an anisotropic triangular chain lattice of magnetic Cu$^{2+}$ ions. Our bulk and local probe experiments detect neither long-range magnetic ordering nor spin freezing down to 0.06 K despite the presence of moderate antiferromagnetic interaction between Cu$^{2+}$ spins as reflected by a Curie-Weiss temperature of about $-9$ K from the bulk susceptibility data. A broad maximum is observed at about 9 K in magnetic susceptibility and specific heat data, indicating the onset of short-range spin correlations. At low temperatures, the zero-field magnetic specific heat and the $^1$H NMR spin-lattice relaxation rate follow an exponential temperature dependence, indicating the presence of gapped magnetic excitations. Furthermore, persistent spin dynamics down to 0.088 K observed by zero-field $μ$SR evidences lack of any static magnetism.
title Observation of a gapped phase in the one-dimensional $S = {\frac{1}{2}}$ Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain Cu(Ampy)ClBr
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10290