Discovery of BKT correlations in the quantum kagome compound Cs$_2$Cu$_3$SnF$_{12}$

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Autores principales: Grbić, M. S., Jakovac, I., Kupčić, I., Tanaka, H., Horvatić, M.
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author Grbić, M. S.
Jakovac, I.
Kupčić, I.
Tanaka, H.
Horvatić, M.
author_facet Grbić, M. S.
Jakovac, I.
Kupčić, I.
Tanaka, H.
Horvatić, M.
contents We investigate the microscopic properties of the kagome compound Cs$_2$Cu$_3$SnF$_{12}$ using $^{63,65}$Cu nuclear quadrupolar resonance (NQR). Analysis of the local hyperfine fields below the Néel temperature $T_N = 20$ K indicates a spin structure consistent with $P2_1/n$ symmetry of negative vector chirality. Measurements of the spin-lattice relaxation rate $T_1 ^{-1}$ reveal signatures of a gapless ground state and two-dimensional Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT)-type correlations above $T_N$, extending over a broad temperature range of approximately 130 K in zero magnetic field. Within the same temperature range, the observed increase in the NQR linewidth is consistent with short-range chiral order recently identified by neutron scattering. Our results establish Cs$_2$Cu$_3$SnF$_{12}$ as a unique quantum kagome system exhibiting BKT behavior.
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spellingShingle Discovery of BKT correlations in the quantum kagome compound Cs$_2$Cu$_3$SnF$_{12}$
Grbić, M. S.
Jakovac, I.
Kupčić, I.
Tanaka, H.
Horvatić, M.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We investigate the microscopic properties of the kagome compound Cs$_2$Cu$_3$SnF$_{12}$ using $^{63,65}$Cu nuclear quadrupolar resonance (NQR). Analysis of the local hyperfine fields below the Néel temperature $T_N = 20$ K indicates a spin structure consistent with $P2_1/n$ symmetry of negative vector chirality. Measurements of the spin-lattice relaxation rate $T_1 ^{-1}$ reveal signatures of a gapless ground state and two-dimensional Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT)-type correlations above $T_N$, extending over a broad temperature range of approximately 130 K in zero magnetic field. Within the same temperature range, the observed increase in the NQR linewidth is consistent with short-range chiral order recently identified by neutron scattering. Our results establish Cs$_2$Cu$_3$SnF$_{12}$ as a unique quantum kagome system exhibiting BKT behavior.
title Discovery of BKT correlations in the quantum kagome compound Cs$_2$Cu$_3$SnF$_{12}$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22481