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| author | Cao, Yantao Bu, Huanpeng Shiroka, Toni Walker, Helen C. Fu, Zhendong Tian, Zhaoming Zhao, Jinkui Guo, Hanjie |
| author_facet | Cao, Yantao Bu, Huanpeng Shiroka, Toni Walker, Helen C. Fu, Zhendong Tian, Zhaoming Zhao, Jinkui Guo, Hanjie |
| contents | Rare-earth triangular-lattice magnets serve as an excellent platform for investigating exotic quantum magnetic phenomena. Recently, the hexaaluminate \cmao\ has been proposed to host a $U(1)$ Dirac quantum spin liquid state with dominant Ising anisotropy. Here, we report a systematic study of its analogue, \nzao, employing ac susceptibility, inelastic neutron scattering, and muon spin relaxation measurements. Inelastic neutron scattering measurements establish a well-defined $J_\mathrm{eff}$ = 1/2 ground state with moderate Ising anisotropy ($g_c$ = 4.54, $g_\mathrm{ab}$ = 1.42). Muon spin relaxation measurements reveal persistent fluctuations emerging below $\sim$15\,K, and extending down to at least 0.28 K. AC susceptibility data further indicate an absence of magnetic ordering or spin freezing down to 50\,mK, despite an overall antiferromagnetic interaction with the Curie-Weiss temprature of $-0.42$\,K. These results suggest that \nzao\ is a good candidate material for realizing a quantum spin liquid state. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetic ground state and persistent spin fluctuations in triangular-lattice antiferromagnet NdZnAl$_{11}$O$_{19}$ Cao, Yantao Bu, Huanpeng Shiroka, Toni Walker, Helen C. Fu, Zhendong Tian, Zhaoming Zhao, Jinkui Guo, Hanjie Strongly Correlated Electrons Rare-earth triangular-lattice magnets serve as an excellent platform for investigating exotic quantum magnetic phenomena. Recently, the hexaaluminate \cmao\ has been proposed to host a $U(1)$ Dirac quantum spin liquid state with dominant Ising anisotropy. Here, we report a systematic study of its analogue, \nzao, employing ac susceptibility, inelastic neutron scattering, and muon spin relaxation measurements. Inelastic neutron scattering measurements establish a well-defined $J_\mathrm{eff}$ = 1/2 ground state with moderate Ising anisotropy ($g_c$ = 4.54, $g_\mathrm{ab}$ = 1.42). Muon spin relaxation measurements reveal persistent fluctuations emerging below $\sim$15\,K, and extending down to at least 0.28 K. AC susceptibility data further indicate an absence of magnetic ordering or spin freezing down to 50\,mK, despite an overall antiferromagnetic interaction with the Curie-Weiss temprature of $-0.42$\,K. These results suggest that \nzao\ is a good candidate material for realizing a quantum spin liquid state. |
| title | Magnetic ground state and persistent spin fluctuations in triangular-lattice antiferromagnet NdZnAl$_{11}$O$_{19}$ |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11391 |