Gapless fermionic excitation in the antiferromagnetic state of ytterbium zigzag chain

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title = {Gapless fermionic excitation in the antiferromagnetic state of ytterbium zigzag chain},

author = {F Hori and K Kinjo and S Kitagawa and K Ishida and S Mizutani and R Yamamoto and Y Ohmagari and T Onimaru },

url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07563},

doi = {10.1038/s43246-023-00381-4},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-07-22},

urldate = {2023-07-22},

journal = {Communications Materials},

volume = {4},

pages = {55},

abstract = {The emergence of charge-neutral fermionic excitations in magnetic systems is one of the unresolved issues in recent condensed matter physics. This type of excitations has been observed in various systems, such as low-dimensional quantum spin liquids, Kondo insulators, and antiferromagnetic insulators. Here, we report the presence of a pronounced gapless spin excitation in the low-temperature antiferromagnetic state of YbCuS2 semiconductor, where trivalent ytterbium atoms form a zigzag chain structure. We confirm the presence of this gapless excitations by a combination of experimental probes, namely 63/65Cu-nuclear magnetic resonance and nuclear quadrupole resonance, as well as specific heat measurements, revealing a linear low-temperature behavior of both the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1 and the specific heat. This system provides a platform to investigate the origin of gapless excitations in spin chains and the relationship between emergent fermionic excitations and frustration.},

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