Emergence of Kondo-assisted Néel order in a Kondo necklace model

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Main Authors: Yamaguchi, Hironori, Furuya, Shunsuke C., Tominaga, Yu, Kida, Takanori, Araki, Koji, Hagiwara, Masayuki
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author Yamaguchi, Hironori
Furuya, Shunsuke C.
Tominaga, Yu
Kida, Takanori
Araki, Koji
Hagiwara, Masayuki
author_facet Yamaguchi, Hironori
Furuya, Shunsuke C.
Tominaga, Yu
Kida, Takanori
Araki, Koji
Hagiwara, Masayuki
contents The interplay between Kondo screening and magnetic order has long been a central issue in the physics of strongly correlated systems. While the Kondo effect has traditionally been understood to suppress magnetism through the formation of local singlets, recent studies suggest that Kondo interactions may enhance magnetic order under certain conditions. However, these scenarios often rely on complex electronic structures, including orbital and charge degrees of freedom, making the essential mechanisms difficult to isolate. Here we report the realization of a spin-(1/2,1) Kondo necklace model in a Ni-based complex-a minimal spin-only analog of the Kondo lattice that isolates quantum spin correlations by eliminating charge degrees of freedom. Thermodynamic measurements identify a magnetic phase transition and a field-induced quantum phase transition. Perturbative analysis reveals that the Kondo coupling mediates effective antiferromagnetic interactions between the spin-1 sites, stabilizing the Néel order across the entire chain. Our results establish a universal boundary in Kondo physics, where coupling to spin-1/2 moments yields singlets, but to spin-1 and higher stabilizes magnetic order.
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spellingShingle Emergence of Kondo-assisted Néel order in a Kondo necklace model
Yamaguchi, Hironori
Furuya, Shunsuke C.
Tominaga, Yu
Kida, Takanori
Araki, Koji
Hagiwara, Masayuki
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
The interplay between Kondo screening and magnetic order has long been a central issue in the physics of strongly correlated systems. While the Kondo effect has traditionally been understood to suppress magnetism through the formation of local singlets, recent studies suggest that Kondo interactions may enhance magnetic order under certain conditions. However, these scenarios often rely on complex electronic structures, including orbital and charge degrees of freedom, making the essential mechanisms difficult to isolate. Here we report the realization of a spin-(1/2,1) Kondo necklace model in a Ni-based complex-a minimal spin-only analog of the Kondo lattice that isolates quantum spin correlations by eliminating charge degrees of freedom. Thermodynamic measurements identify a magnetic phase transition and a field-induced quantum phase transition. Perturbative analysis reveals that the Kondo coupling mediates effective antiferromagnetic interactions between the spin-1 sites, stabilizing the Néel order across the entire chain. Our results establish a universal boundary in Kondo physics, where coupling to spin-1/2 moments yields singlets, but to spin-1 and higher stabilizes magnetic order.
title Emergence of Kondo-assisted Néel order in a Kondo necklace model
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16388