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Anisotropic magnetic excitations from single-chirality antiferromagnetic state in Ca-kapellasite

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2020-07-01 v1

Abstract

We present a 35^{35}Cl NMR study for spin S=1/2S=1/2 perfect kagome antiferromagnet Ca-kapellasite (CaCu3_{3}(OH)6_{6}Cl2_{2}\cdot0.6H2_{2}O) with a magnetic transition at T=7.2T^{\ast}=7.2 K. The static magnetic structure in the ground state has been determined to be a chirality-ordered Q=0Q=0 state, which is selected by a finite Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. The low-energy magnetic excitations in the ordered state are investigated by the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate measurement. We detect a weakly temperature dependent contribution in the magnetic fluctuations perpendicular to the kagome plane in addition to the dispersive spin-wave contribution in the kagome plane. The low-energy magnetic excitations from the coplanar spin structure are attributed to the zero mode originating from the flat band in this kagome antiferromagnet.

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@article{arxiv.2004.03827,
  title  = {Anisotropic magnetic excitations from single-chirality antiferromagnetic state in Ca-kapellasite},
  author = {Y. Ihara and K. Arashima and H. Yoshida and M. Hirata and T. Sasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.03827},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures