Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Proximate ferromagnetic state in the Kitaev model material α-RuCl3

  • H. Suzuki,
  • H. Liu,
  • J. Bertinshaw,
  • K. Ueda,
  • H. Kim,
  • S. Laha,
  • D. Weber,
  • Z. Yang,
  • L. Wang,
  • H. Takahashi,
  • K. Fürsich,
  • M. Minola,
  • B. V. Lotsch,
  • B. J. Kim,
  • H. Yavaş,
  • M. Daghofer,
  • J. Chaloupka,
  • G. Khaliullin,
  • H. Gretarsson,
  • B. Keimer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24722-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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RuCl3 has stood out as a prime candidate in the search for quantum spin liquids; however, its antiferromagnetic ordering at low temperature suggests deviations from typical QSL models. Here, using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, the authors provide a comprehensive determination of the low energy effective Hamiltonian.