Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2005-03-19
Low Temperature Physics 31 (2005) 704
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
21 pages, 24 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2008131
The SrCr$\_{9p}$Ga$\_{12-9p}$O$\_{19}$ and Ba$\_{2}$Sn$\_{2}$ZnGa$\_{10-7p}$Cr$\_{7p}$O$\_{22}$ compounds are two highly-frustrated magnets possessing a quasi-two-dimensional Kagom\'{e} bilayer of spin 3/2 chromium ions with antiferromagnetic interactions. Their magnetic susceptibility was measured by local Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and non-local (SQUID) techniques, and their low-temperature spin dynamics by Muon Spin Resonance. Consistent with the theoretical picture drawn for geometrically frustrated systems, the Kagom\'{e} bilayer is shown here to exhibit: (i) short range spin-spin correlations down to a temperature much lower than the Curie-Weiss temperature, no conventional long-range transition occurring; (ii) a Curie contribution to the susceptibility from paramagnetic defects generated by spin vacancies; (iii) low-temperature spin fluctuations, at least down to 30 mK, which are a trademark of a dynamical ground state. These properties point to a spin-liquid ground state, possibly built on Resonating Valence Bonds with unconfined spinons as the magnetic excitations.
Blanchard Nicole
Bono David
Collin Gaston
Limot Laurent
Mendels Philippe
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