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NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/9/093011
Keywords
quantum spin liquid; low-energy excitation; kagome antiferromagnet; spin frustration
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- NSF of China
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China (973 project) [2011CBA00112, 2012CB921701]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Renmin University of China
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We have successfully synthesized the new S = 1/2 anisotropic kagome antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)(6)SO4 and determined its structure by synchrotron x-ray diffraction. No magnetic ordering is observed down to 50 mK, despite a moderately high Weiss temperature of Theta(w)similar to-79 K, indicating that the compound is a new quantum spin liquid (QSL) candidate. A linear temperature dependence of the magnetic heat capacity is found at 6 similar to 15K and below 0.6 K. Temperature-independent intrinsic susceptibilities are observed exactly in both temperature ranges. This consistently suggests a gapless QSL below 0.6 K, which may evolve from an unconventional quantum spin state at higher temperatures (6 similar to 15 K).
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