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$\mu$SR study of triangular Ising antiferromagnet ErMgGaO$_{4}$

Abstract

We present a detailed magnetic study of the triangular antiferromagnet ErMgGaO$_4$. A point charge calculation under the single ion approximation reveals a crystal field ground state doublet with a strong Ising-like behavior of the Er$^{3+}$ moment along the c axis. Magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements indicate no presence of magnetic transitions above 0.5~K and no evidence of residual entropy as temperature approaching zero. Zero field (ZF) $\mu$SR measurements shows no sign of static uniform or random field and longitudinal field (LF) $\mu$SR measurements exhibit persistent spin fluctuations down to our lowest temperature of 25~mK. Our results provide evidence of a quantum spin liquid state in the triangular antiferromagnet ErMgGaO$_4$.

Authors

Cai Y; Lygouras C; Thomas G; Wilson MN; Beare J; Yahne DR; Ross K; Gong Z; Uemura YJ; Dabkowska HA

Publication date

May 29, 2019

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.1905.12798

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arXiv
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