Spinon confinement and a sharp longitudinal mode in Yb2Pt2Pb in magnetic fields

W. J. Gannon; I. A. Zaliznyak; L. S. Wu; A. E. Feiguin; A. M. Tsvelik; F. Demmel; Y. Qiu; J. R. D. Copley; M. S. Kim; M. C. Aronson

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08715-y

Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Spinon confinement and a sharp longitudinal mode in Yb2Pt2Pb in magnetic fields

W. J. Gannon,
I. A. Zaliznyak,
L. S. Wu,
A. E. Feiguin,
A. M. Tsvelik,
F. Demmel,
Y. Qiu,
J. R. D. Copley,
M. S. Kim,
M. C. Aronson

Affiliations

W. J. Gannon: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
I. A. Zaliznyak: Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory
L. S. Wu: Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A. E. Feiguin: Department of Physics, Northeastern University
A. M. Tsvelik: Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory
F. Demmel: ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Y. Qiu: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology
J. R. D. Copley: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology
M. S. Kim: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
M. C. Aronson: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08715-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The behavior of quantum magnets depends strongly on the effective dimensionality of the inter-spin interactions. Here the authors tune the influence of two- and three-dimensional couplings in Yb2Pt2Pb with a magnetic field and hence control the behavior of emergent one-dimensional excitations.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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