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The Herbertsmithite Hamiltonian: $\mu$SR measurements on single crystals

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

We present transverse field muon spin rotation/relaxation measurements on single crystals of the spin-1/2 kagome antiferromagnet Herbertsmithite. We find that the spins are more easily polarized when the field is perpendicular to the kagome plane. We demonstrate that the difference in magnetization between the different directions cannot be accounted for by Dzyaloshinksii-Moriya type interactions alone, and that anisotropic axial interaction is present.

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@article{arxiv.1012.3511,
  title  = {The Herbertsmithite Hamiltonian: $\mu$SR measurements on single crystals},
  author = {Oren Ofer and Amit Keren and Jess H. Brewer and Tianheng H. Han and Young S. Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.3511},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

8 pages, 3 figures, accepted to JPCM special issue on geometrically frustrated magnetism