Intrinsic quantum disorder in Yb2Ti2O7 and the quantum S=1/2 pyrochlore phase diagram

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Main Authors: Zhang, Shang-Shun, Bhardwaj, Anish, Koohpayeh, S. M., Pajerowski, D. M., Rau, Jeffrey G., Changlani, Hitesh J., Scheie, Allen
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Published: 2025
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author Zhang, Shang-Shun
Bhardwaj, Anish
Koohpayeh, S. M.
Pajerowski, D. M.
Rau, Jeffrey G.
Changlani, Hitesh J.
Scheie, Allen
author_facet Zhang, Shang-Shun
Bhardwaj, Anish
Koohpayeh, S. M.
Pajerowski, D. M.
Rau, Jeffrey G.
Changlani, Hitesh J.
Scheie, Allen
contents We present an experimental and theoretical study of the anisotropic pyrochlore phase diagram. Inelastic field-dependent neutron scattering on Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ shows intrinsic broadening and a flat low-energy magnon mode which is partially captured by interacting magnon models. Exact diagonalization reveals the existence of an emergent quantum phase between ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, in which Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ Hamiltonian potentially resides. This behavior matches the phenomenology of quantum criticality in heavy fermion systems, and shows Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ is a clean system which can be field-tuned from well-defined magnons to a nontrivial quantum ground state. This suggests that quantum criticality is a generic feature of the dipolar phase diagram.
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spellingShingle Intrinsic quantum disorder in Yb2Ti2O7 and the quantum S=1/2 pyrochlore phase diagram
Zhang, Shang-Shun
Bhardwaj, Anish
Koohpayeh, S. M.
Pajerowski, D. M.
Rau, Jeffrey G.
Changlani, Hitesh J.
Scheie, Allen
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We present an experimental and theoretical study of the anisotropic pyrochlore phase diagram. Inelastic field-dependent neutron scattering on Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ shows intrinsic broadening and a flat low-energy magnon mode which is partially captured by interacting magnon models. Exact diagonalization reveals the existence of an emergent quantum phase between ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, in which Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ Hamiltonian potentially resides. This behavior matches the phenomenology of quantum criticality in heavy fermion systems, and shows Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ is a clean system which can be field-tuned from well-defined magnons to a nontrivial quantum ground state. This suggests that quantum criticality is a generic feature of the dipolar phase diagram.
title Intrinsic quantum disorder in Yb2Ti2O7 and the quantum S=1/2 pyrochlore phase diagram
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15678