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Spin Liquid Ground State in the Frustrated Kagome Antiferromagnet MgCu3(OH)6Cl2

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2014-10-06 v2

Abstract

We report muSR experiments on Mg{x}Cu{4-x}(OH)6Cl2 with x \sim 1, a new material isostructural to Herbertsmithite exhibiting regular kagome planes of spin 1/2 (Cu^{2+}), and therefore a candidate for a spin liquid ground state. We evidence the absence of any magnetic ordering down to 20 mK (\sim J/10^4). We investigate in detail the spin dynamics on well characterized samples in zero and applied longitudinal fields and propose a low T defect based interpretation to explain the unconventional dynamics observed in the quantum spin liquid phase.

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@article{arxiv.1106.6309,
  title  = {Spin Liquid Ground State in the Frustrated Kagome Antiferromagnet MgCu3(OH)6Cl2},
  author = {E. Kermarrec and P. Mendels and F. Bert and R. H. Colman and A. S. Wills and P. Strobel and P. Bonville and A. Hillier and A. Amato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.6309},
  year   = {2014}
}