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Emergence of frustrated short-range order above long-range order in the S = $\dfrac12$ kagome antiferromagnet CaCu$_3$(OD)$_6$Cl$_2·$0.6D$_2$O

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J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 90 (2): 023703 (Jan 21, 2021)
DOI: 10.7566/jpsj.90.023703

Abstract

We report on the low-energy dynamics in the kagome antiferromagnet CaCu3(OD)6Cl2∙0.6D2O (Ca-kapellasite) as studied by use of 2D-NMR measurements. Previous 35Cl-NMR measurements revealed that the nuclear spin–lattice relaxation rate (1/T1) shows two peaks at temperatures, T* = 7.2 K and Ts ≃ 25 K. While the low-temperature peak at T* is ascribed to the critical fluctuations near the long-range magnetic ordering, the origin of the high-temperature peak has not been fully understood. From the 1/T1 measurements on the D sites at the OD groups (DOD), we find no peak at Ts, evidencing that the high-temperature peak is not related to the molecular dynamics of the OD groups. We discuss the possibility of a frustration-induced short-range ordered state below Ts before the long-range order is stabilized by the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction. We also observed static internal fields at the DOD site in the long-range ordered state below T*, and confirm the previously proposed negative-chirality q = 0 magnetic structure.

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