Bound spinon excitations in the spin-1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2}
The spin excitations of the S=1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} were investigated by inelastic neutron-scattering experiments. The spin excitation spectrum exhibits sharp dispersive modes in addition to a spinonlike continuum. The sharp modes exhibit large and small disp...
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| author | Kazuhiro Nawa Daigorou Hirai Maiko Kofu Kenji Nakajima Ryo Murasaki Satoshi Kogane Motoi Kimata Hiroyuki Nojiri Zenji Hiroi Taku J. Sato |
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| description | The spin excitations of the S=1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} were investigated by inelastic neutron-scattering experiments. The spin excitation spectrum exhibits sharp dispersive modes in addition to a spinonlike continuum. The sharp modes exhibit large and small dispersions along the intrachain (K) and interchain directions (L), respectively, reflecting a one-dimensional character modified by interchain interactions. The dispersion intensity along the interchain direction is enhanced at the wave vectors around (K, L)=(0.25,±1.0) and (0.75, 0.0) (in reciprocal lattice units, r.l.u.). This enhancement is well explained by the formation of bound spinon pairs. These features are reminiscent of the spin excitations observed in the prototypical compound Cs_{2}CuCl_{4} [Coldea, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1335 (2001)10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1335; Phys. Rev. B 68, 134424 (2003)10.1103/PhysRevB.68.134424]. The consistency with the simulated spectrum based on the random-phase approximation is better for Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} than for Cs_{2}CuCl_{4}, indicating that the spin system in the former remains closer to a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquidlike disordered state. In addition, the low-energy modes exhibit a wave-vector shift along the ±K direction, suggesting that uniform intrachain Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions are more relevant in Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2}. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05467cbc35c844638ee0a340998878382024-04-12T17:02:52ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Research2643-15642020-10-012404312110.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043121Bound spinon excitations in the spin-1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2}Kazuhiro NawaDaigorou HiraiMaiko KofuKenji NakajimaRyo MurasakiSatoshi KoganeMotoi KimataHiroyuki NojiriZenji HiroiTaku J. SatoThe spin excitations of the S=1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} were investigated by inelastic neutron-scattering experiments. The spin excitation spectrum exhibits sharp dispersive modes in addition to a spinonlike continuum. The sharp modes exhibit large and small dispersions along the intrachain (K) and interchain directions (L), respectively, reflecting a one-dimensional character modified by interchain interactions. The dispersion intensity along the interchain direction is enhanced at the wave vectors around (K, L)=(0.25,±1.0) and (0.75, 0.0) (in reciprocal lattice units, r.l.u.). This enhancement is well explained by the formation of bound spinon pairs. These features are reminiscent of the spin excitations observed in the prototypical compound Cs_{2}CuCl_{4} [Coldea, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1335 (2001)10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1335; Phys. Rev. B 68, 134424 (2003)10.1103/PhysRevB.68.134424]. The consistency with the simulated spectrum based on the random-phase approximation is better for Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} than for Cs_{2}CuCl_{4}, indicating that the spin system in the former remains closer to a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquidlike disordered state. In addition, the low-energy modes exhibit a wave-vector shift along the ±K direction, suggesting that uniform intrachain Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions are more relevant in Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2}.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043121 |
| spellingShingle | Kazuhiro Nawa Daigorou Hirai Maiko Kofu Kenji Nakajima Ryo Murasaki Satoshi Kogane Motoi Kimata Hiroyuki Nojiri Zenji Hiroi Taku J. Sato Bound spinon excitations in the spin-1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} Physical Review Research |
| title | Bound spinon excitations in the spin-1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} |
| title_full | Bound spinon excitations in the spin-1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} |
| title_fullStr | Bound spinon excitations in the spin-1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bound spinon excitations in the spin-1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} |
| title_short | Bound spinon excitations in the spin-1/2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet Ca_{3}ReO_{5}Cl_{2} |
| title_sort | bound spinon excitations in the spin 1 2 anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet ca 3 reo 5 cl 2 |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043121 |
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