Exotic Spin Excitation Continuum in a Weakly Coupled Quantum Chainsaw Antiferromagnet
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| author | Thennakoon, Asiri Chaudhary, Prena Bakshi, Sankha Subhra Park, Tommy Lowrey, Tristen Pajerowski, Daniel Hoffmann, Christina He, Junghong H. Ueda, Hiroaki Broholm, Collin Chern, Gia-Wei Lee, Seung-Hun |
| author_facet | Thennakoon, Asiri Chaudhary, Prena Bakshi, Sankha Subhra Park, Tommy Lowrey, Tristen Pajerowski, Daniel Hoffmann, Christina He, Junghong H. Ueda, Hiroaki Broholm, Collin Chern, Gia-Wei Lee, Seung-Hun |
| contents | Collective motions in strongly interacting magnets involve many spins and are often described in terms of integer-spin excitations. However, in certain cases, the collective motion can behave as if these integer excitations break apart into smaller, particle-like entities with unusual properties. Such fractionalized excitations in quantum magnets are commonly associated either with topological order in two dimensions or with criticality in one dimension. It remains unclear how these distinct mechanisms are connected across a dimensional crossover. Here we investigate the Ti-based quantum antiferromagnet, $Cs_{8}LiNa_{3}Ti_{12}F_{48}$, in which $Ti^{3+}$ ($3d^{1}$, $S=1/2$) ions interact antiferromagnetically within distorted kagome planes. Our inelastic neutron scattering study on a single crystal reveals a frustrated network of weakly coupled spin-$1/2$ chainsaws, realizing a regime of dimensional frustration in which interchain couplings fail to establish coherent two-dimensional order. The magnetic excitation spectrum exhibits a strong continuum spanning the full measured momentum and energy phase space. In addition, the dynamic spin correlation function displays rod-like scattering in momentum space, indicating a quasi-one-dimensional nature of the magnetic correlations. These results point to fractionalized excitations with intrinsically directional character, demonstrating that signatures of one-dimensional criticality can persist within a two-dimensional lattice. Our findings establish anisotropic fractionalization as a distinct organizing principle for quantum-disordered states. |
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| spellingShingle | Exotic Spin Excitation Continuum in a Weakly Coupled Quantum Chainsaw Antiferromagnet Thennakoon, Asiri Chaudhary, Prena Bakshi, Sankha Subhra Park, Tommy Lowrey, Tristen Pajerowski, Daniel Hoffmann, Christina He, Junghong H. Ueda, Hiroaki Broholm, Collin Chern, Gia-Wei Lee, Seung-Hun Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Other Condensed Matter Collective motions in strongly interacting magnets involve many spins and are often described in terms of integer-spin excitations. However, in certain cases, the collective motion can behave as if these integer excitations break apart into smaller, particle-like entities with unusual properties. Such fractionalized excitations in quantum magnets are commonly associated either with topological order in two dimensions or with criticality in one dimension. It remains unclear how these distinct mechanisms are connected across a dimensional crossover. Here we investigate the Ti-based quantum antiferromagnet, $Cs_{8}LiNa_{3}Ti_{12}F_{48}$, in which $Ti^{3+}$ ($3d^{1}$, $S=1/2$) ions interact antiferromagnetically within distorted kagome planes. Our inelastic neutron scattering study on a single crystal reveals a frustrated network of weakly coupled spin-$1/2$ chainsaws, realizing a regime of dimensional frustration in which interchain couplings fail to establish coherent two-dimensional order. The magnetic excitation spectrum exhibits a strong continuum spanning the full measured momentum and energy phase space. In addition, the dynamic spin correlation function displays rod-like scattering in momentum space, indicating a quasi-one-dimensional nature of the magnetic correlations. These results point to fractionalized excitations with intrinsically directional character, demonstrating that signatures of one-dimensional criticality can persist within a two-dimensional lattice. Our findings establish anisotropic fractionalization as a distinct organizing principle for quantum-disordered states. |
| title | Exotic Spin Excitation Continuum in a Weakly Coupled Quantum Chainsaw Antiferromagnet |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Other Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27310 |