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Quantum spin liquid ground state in the disorder free triangular lattice NaYbS$_2$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2020-01-08 v1

Abstract

Rare-earth delafossites were recently proposed as promising candidates for the realization of an effective SS=1/2 quantum spin liquid (QSL) on the triangular lattice. In contrast to the most actively studied triangular-lattice antiferromagnet YbMgGaO4_4, which is known for considerable structural disorder due to site intermixing, NaYbS2_2 delafossite realizes structurally ideal triangular layers. We present detailed μ\muSR studies on this regular (undistorted) triangular Yb sublattice based system with effective spin Jeff=1/2J_{\mathrm{eff}}=1/2 in the temperature range 0.05 - 40 K. Zero-field (ZF) and longitudinal field (LF) μ\muSR studies confirm the absence of any long range magnetic order state down to 0.05K (J\sim J/80). Current μ\muSR results together with the so far available bulk characterization data suggest that NaYbS2_2 is an ideal candidate to identify QSL ground state.

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@article{arxiv.1911.08036,
  title  = {Quantum spin liquid ground state in the disorder free triangular lattice NaYbS$_2$},
  author = {R. Sarkar and Ph. Schlender and V. Grinenko and E. Haeussler and Peter J. Baker and Th. Doert and H. -H. Klauss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.08036},
  year   = {2020}
}

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