Spin supersolidity in nearly ideal easy-axis triangular quantum antiferromagnet Na2BaCo(PO4)2

被引:20
作者
Gao, Yuan [1 ,2 ]
Fan, Yu-Chen [3 ]
Li, Han [1 ,2 ]
Yang, Fan [1 ]
Zeng, Xu-Tao [1 ]
Sheng, Xian-Lei [1 ,4 ]
Zhong, Ruidan [5 ,6 ]
Qi, Yang [7 ,8 ]
Wan, Yuan [3 ,9 ]
Li, Wei [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Beihang Univ, Sch Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Theoret Phys, CAS Key Lab Theoret Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[4] Beihang Univ, Peng Huanwu Collaborat Ctr Res & Educ, Beijing, Peoples R China
[5] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Tsung Dao Lee Inst, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[6] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[7] Fudan Univ, State Key Lab Surface Phys, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[8] Fudan Univ, Ctr Field Theory & Particle Phys, Dept Phys, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[9] Songshan Lake Mat Lab, Dongguan, Guangdong, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
HEISENBERG-ANTIFERROMAGNET; PHASE; DISORDER; LATTICE;
D O I
10.1038/s41535-022-00500-3
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Prototypical models and their material incarnations are cornerstones to the understanding of quantum magnetism. Here we show theoretically that the recently synthesized magnetic compound Na2BaCo(PO4)(2) (NBCP) is a rare, nearly ideal material realization of the S = 1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet with significant easy-axis spin exchange anisotropy. By combining the automatic parameter searching and tensor-network simulations, we establish a microscopic model description of this material with realistic model parameters, which can not only fit well the experimental thermodynamic data but also reproduce the measured magnetization curves without further adjustment of parameters. According to the established model, the NBCP hosts a spin supersolid state that breaks both the lattice translation symmetry and the spin rotational symmetry. Such a state is a spin analog of the long-sought supersolid state, thought to exist in solid Helium and optical lattice systems, and share similar traits. The NBCP therefore represents an ideal material-based platform to explore the physics of supersolidity as well as its quantum and thermal melting.
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