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Field-driven transition from quantum spin liquid to magnetic order in triangular-lattice antiferromagnets

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Phys. Rev. B, 109 (22): 224424 (20.06.2024)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.224424

Аннотация

Recently, several triangular-lattice magnets with delafossite structure have been found to display spin-liquid behavior down to the lowest temperatures. Remarkably, applying a magnetic field destroys the spin liquid, which then gives way to symmetry-breaking states, identified as semiclassical coplanar states including a magnetization plateau at 1/3 total magnetization. Here we provide a theoretical approach rationalizing this dichotomy, utilizing a Schwinger-boson theory that captures both ordered and disordered magnetic phases. We show that a zero-field spin liquid, driven by strong frustration, is naturally destabilized in a magnetic field via spinon condensation. Symmetry-breaking order akin to the standard triangular-lattice Heisenberg model then arises via an order-by-disorder mechanism. We discuss implications for pertinent experiments.

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