Possible Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in a S = 5/2 honeycomb lattice

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Main Authors: Khatua, J., Kumawat, S. M., Murugan, G. Senthil, Huang, C. -L., Kim, Heung-Sik, Sritharan, K., Sankar, R., Choi, Kwang-Yong
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author Khatua, J.
Kumawat, S. M.
Murugan, G. Senthil
Huang, C. -L.
Kim, Heung-Sik
Sritharan, K.
Sankar, R.
Choi, Kwang-Yong
author_facet Khatua, J.
Kumawat, S. M.
Murugan, G. Senthil
Huang, C. -L.
Kim, Heung-Sik
Sritharan, K.
Sankar, R.
Choi, Kwang-Yong
contents Quantum magnets offer a unique platform for exploring exotic quantum phases and quantum phase transitions through external magnetic fields. A prominent example is the field-induced Bose--Einstein condensation (BEC) of magnons near the saturation field. While this behavior has been observed in low-spin systems, its realization in high-spin, quasi-two-dimensional magnets -- where multiple on-site excitations are possible -- remains exceptionally rare. Here, we report thermodynamic and density functional theory results on single crystals of the honeycomb-lattice antiferromagnet K$_{4}$MnMo$_{4}$O$_{15}$ with $S = 5/2$. The system undergoes a field-induced transition to a fully polarized state at the critical field $μ_{0}H_{\rm s} = 6.4$~T. Our results reveal possible thermodynamic signatures of magnon BEC, $T_{\mathrm{N}} \sim (H_{\rm s} - H)^{2/d}$ ($d = 3$), expanding the purview of BEC-driven quantum criticality to a high-spin, quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnets with negligibly small anisotropy.
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spellingShingle Possible Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in a S = 5/2 honeycomb lattice
Khatua, J.
Kumawat, S. M.
Murugan, G. Senthil
Huang, C. -L.
Kim, Heung-Sik
Sritharan, K.
Sankar, R.
Choi, Kwang-Yong
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum magnets offer a unique platform for exploring exotic quantum phases and quantum phase transitions through external magnetic fields. A prominent example is the field-induced Bose--Einstein condensation (BEC) of magnons near the saturation field. While this behavior has been observed in low-spin systems, its realization in high-spin, quasi-two-dimensional magnets -- where multiple on-site excitations are possible -- remains exceptionally rare. Here, we report thermodynamic and density functional theory results on single crystals of the honeycomb-lattice antiferromagnet K$_{4}$MnMo$_{4}$O$_{15}$ with $S = 5/2$. The system undergoes a field-induced transition to a fully polarized state at the critical field $μ_{0}H_{\rm s} = 6.4$~T. Our results reveal possible thermodynamic signatures of magnon BEC, $T_{\mathrm{N}} \sim (H_{\rm s} - H)^{2/d}$ ($d = 3$), expanding the purview of BEC-driven quantum criticality to a high-spin, quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnets with negligibly small anisotropy.
title Possible Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in a S = 5/2 honeycomb lattice
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12682