Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field
The Dirac spin liquid was proposed to be the ground state of the spin-1/2 kagomé antiferromagnets. In a magnetic field B, we show that the state with Fermi pocket is unstable to the Landau level (LL) state. The LL state breaks the spin rotation around the axis of the magnetic field. We find that the...
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| author | Lee, Patrick A. Ko, Wing Ho Wen, Xiao-Gang Ran, Ying |
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| description | The Dirac spin liquid was proposed to be the ground state of the spin-1/2 kagomé antiferromagnets. In a magnetic field B, we show that the state with Fermi pocket is unstable to the Landau level (LL) state. The LL state breaks the spin rotation around the axis of the magnetic field. We find that the LL state has an in-plane 120° q=0 magnetization M which scales with the external field M∼B[subscript α], where α is a universal number of the Dirac spin liquid. We discuss the related experimental implications which can be used to detect the possible Dirac spin liquid phase in herbertsmithite ZnCu[subscript 3](OH)[subscript 6]C[subscript l2]. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/513422022-10-01T10:02:19Z Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field Lee, Patrick A. Ko, Wing Ho Wen, Xiao-Gang Ran, Ying Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Lee, Patrick A. Ko, Wing Ho Lee, Patrick A. Wen, Xiao-Gang The Dirac spin liquid was proposed to be the ground state of the spin-1/2 kagomé antiferromagnets. In a magnetic field B, we show that the state with Fermi pocket is unstable to the Landau level (LL) state. The LL state breaks the spin rotation around the axis of the magnetic field. We find that the LL state has an in-plane 120° q=0 magnetization M which scales with the external field M∼B[subscript α], where α is a universal number of the Dirac spin liquid. We discuss the related experimental implications which can be used to detect the possible Dirac spin liquid phase in herbertsmithite ZnCu[subscript 3](OH)[subscript 6]C[subscript l2]. National Science Foundation 2010-02-03T14:02:09Z 2010-02-03T14:02:09Z 2009-01 2008-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51342 Ran, Ying et al. “Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field.” Physical Review Letters 102.4 (2009): 047205. (C) 2010 The American Physical Society. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-581X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-8157 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.047205 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Lee, Patrick A. Ko, Wing Ho Wen, Xiao-Gang Ran, Ying Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field |
| title | Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field |
| title_full | Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field |
| title_fullStr | Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field |
| title_short | Spontaneous Spin Ordering of a Dirac Spin Liquid in a Magnetic Field |
| title_sort | spontaneous spin ordering of a dirac spin liquid in a magnetic field |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51342 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-581X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-8157 |
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