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Magnetic correlations in the semimetallic hyper-kagome iridate Na3Ir3O8

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2021-03-17 v2

Abstract

We present a microscopic study of a doped quantum spin liquid candidate, the hyperkagome Na3_3Ir3_3O8_8 compound by using 23^{23}Na NMR. We determine the intrinsic behavior of the uniform \textbf{q} =0 = 0 susceptibility via shift measurements and the dynamical response by probing the spin-lattice relaxation rate. Throughout the studied temperature range, the susceptibility is consistent with a semimetal behavior, though with electronic bands substantially modified by correlations. Remarkably, the antiferromagnetic fluctuations present in the insulating parent compound Na4_4Ir3_3O8_8 survive in the studied compound. The spin dynamics are consistent with 120o^o excitations modes displaying short-range correlations.

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@article{arxiv.2007.01633,
  title  = {Magnetic correlations in the semimetallic hyper-kagome iridate Na3Ir3O8},
  author = {G. Simutis and T. Takayama and Q. Barthélemy and F. Bert and H. Takagi and P. Mendels},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.01633},
  year   = {2021}
}