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Published on: March 24, 2019
Experimental realization of a spin-1/2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet
Yutaka Shirata1, Hidekazu Tanaka, Akira Matsuo
1Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
Abstract:
We report the results of magnetization and specific heat measurements on Ba{3}CoSb{2}O{9}, in which the magnetic Co{2+} ion has a fictitious spin 1/2, and provide evidence that a spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a regular triangular lattice is actually realized in Ba{3}CoSb{2}O{9}. We found that the entire magnetization curve including the one-third quantum magnetization plateau is in excellent quantitative agreement with the results of theoretical calculations. We also found that Ba{3}CoSb{2}O{9} undergoes a three-step transition within a narrow temperature range.
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