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Main Authors: Wang, Yi-Yan, Su, Ping, Hu, Kai-Yuan, Li, Yi-Ran, Li, Na, Zhou, Ying, Wu, Dan-Dan, Sun, Yan, Li, Qiu-Ju, Zhao, Xia, Liang, Hui, Sun, Xue-Feng
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14711
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author Wang, Yi-Yan
Su, Ping
Hu, Kai-Yuan
Li, Yi-Ran
Li, Na
Zhou, Ying
Wu, Dan-Dan
Sun, Yan
Li, Qiu-Ju
Zhao, Xia
Liang, Hui
Sun, Xue-Feng
author_facet Wang, Yi-Yan
Su, Ping
Hu, Kai-Yuan
Li, Yi-Ran
Li, Na
Zhou, Ying
Wu, Dan-Dan
Sun, Yan
Li, Qiu-Ju
Zhao, Xia
Liang, Hui
Sun, Xue-Feng
contents We report the discovery of a new compound, Ce$_3$MgBi$_5$, and reveal the hidden time-reversal-like degenerate states within it. Ce$_3$MgBi$_5$ is an antiferromagnet with the distorted kagome lattice of Ce atoms, in which several fractional magnetization plateaus emerge with the increase of magnetic field. At the 1/2 magnetization plateau, obvious hysteresis has been observed in the magnetoresistance and Hall resistivity during the rise and fall of the magnetic field. However, hysteresis vanishes in the corresponding measurements of magnetization, indicating the existence of degenerate states with the same net magnetization but different electronic transport properties. The degenerate states can be connected by the time-reversal-like operation. In addition, by comparing with HoAgGe, it is suggested that the special crystal structure in Ce$_3$MgBi$_5$ may have a shielding effect on the time-reversal-like operation, thereby affecting the distinction of degenerate states. Our work establishes Ce$_3$MgBi$_5$ as an example of utilizing electronic transport properties to identify and distinguish hidden symmetries in frustrated magnetic systems.
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spellingShingle The distinction of time-reversal-like degeneracy by electronic transport in a new compound
Wang, Yi-Yan
Su, Ping
Hu, Kai-Yuan
Li, Yi-Ran
Li, Na
Zhou, Ying
Wu, Dan-Dan
Sun, Yan
Li, Qiu-Ju
Zhao, Xia
Liang, Hui
Sun, Xue-Feng
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We report the discovery of a new compound, Ce$_3$MgBi$_5$, and reveal the hidden time-reversal-like degenerate states within it. Ce$_3$MgBi$_5$ is an antiferromagnet with the distorted kagome lattice of Ce atoms, in which several fractional magnetization plateaus emerge with the increase of magnetic field. At the 1/2 magnetization plateau, obvious hysteresis has been observed in the magnetoresistance and Hall resistivity during the rise and fall of the magnetic field. However, hysteresis vanishes in the corresponding measurements of magnetization, indicating the existence of degenerate states with the same net magnetization but different electronic transport properties. The degenerate states can be connected by the time-reversal-like operation. In addition, by comparing with HoAgGe, it is suggested that the special crystal structure in Ce$_3$MgBi$_5$ may have a shielding effect on the time-reversal-like operation, thereby affecting the distinction of degenerate states. Our work establishes Ce$_3$MgBi$_5$ as an example of utilizing electronic transport properties to identify and distinguish hidden symmetries in frustrated magnetic systems.
title The distinction of time-reversal-like degeneracy by electronic transport in a new compound
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14711