Identification of strongly correlated spin liquid in herbertsmithite

被引：19

作者：

Shaginyan, V. R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Msezane, A. Z. ^{[2
]}

Popov, K. G. ^{[3
]}

Japaridze, G. S. ^{[2
]}

Stephanovich, V. A. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, Gatchina 188300, Russia

[2] Clark Atlanta Univ, Atlanta, GA 30314 USA

[3] RAS, Ural Div, Komi Sci Ctr, Syktyvkar 167982, Russia

[4] Opole Univ, Inst Phys, PL-45052 Opole, Poland

来源：

EPL | 2012年 / 97卷 / 05期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1209/0295-5075/97/56001

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

An exotic quantum spin liquid (QSL) is formed with such hypothetic particles as fermionic spinons carrying spin 1/2 and no charge. Here we calculate its thermodynamic and relaxation properties. Our calculations unveil the fundamental properties of QSL, forming a strongly correlated Fermi system located at a fermion condensation quantum phase transition. These are in good agreement with experimental data and allow us to detect the behavior of QSL as that observed in heavy-fermion metals. We predict that the thermal resistivity of QSL under the application of magnetic fields at fixed temperature demonstrates a very specific behavior. The key features of our findings are the presence of spin-charge separation and QSL formed with itinerant heavy spinons in herbertsmithite. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2012

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