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Spin dynamics in the Dirac $U(1)$ spin liquid YbZn$_2$GaO$_5$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-07-29 v1

Abstract

YbZn2_2GaO5_5 is a promising candidate for realizing a quantum spin liquid (QSL) state, particularly owing to its lack of significant site disorder. Pulsed-field magnetometry at 0.5 K shows magnetization saturating near 15 T, with a corrected saturation moment of 2.1(1) μB\mu_\mathrm{B} after subtracting the van Vleck contribution. Our zero-field μ\muSR measurements down to milliKelvin temperatures provide evidence for a dynamic ground state and the absence of magnetic order. To probe fluctuations in the local magnetic field at the muon site, we performed longitudinal field μ\muSR experiments. These results provide evidence for spin dynamics with a field dependence that is consistent with a U1A01 Dirac QSL as a plausible description of the ground state.

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@article{arxiv.2502.00130,
  title  = {Spin dynamics in the Dirac $U(1)$ spin liquid YbZn$_2$GaO$_5$},
  author = {Hank C. H. Wu and Francis L. Pratt and Benjamin M. Huddart and Dipranjan Chatterjee and Paul A. Goddard and John Singleton and D. Prabhakaran and Stephen J. Blundell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.00130},
  year   = {2025}
}

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7 pages, 7 figures