Quantum Phase Transitions in an Yb-based Semiconductor YbCuS2 with an Effective Spin-1/2 Zigzag Chain

Authors :: Hishiro T. Hirose
Naoki Kikugawa
Kazunori Umeo
Yudai Ohmagari
Taichi Terashima
Toshiro Takabatake
Yu Yamane
Yasuyuki Shimura
Shinya Uji
Hitoshi Sato
Takahiro Onimaru
Source :: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 89:093701
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Physical Society of Japan, 2020.
Abstract: Magnetic properties of an Yb-based semiconductor YbCuS2 with a zigzag chain of Yb3+ ions were studied. The Curie–Weiss behavior of the magnetic susceptibility χ(T) indicates antiferromagnetic inter...

Subjects :: Quantum phase transition
Materials science
Condensed matter physics
business.industry
General Physics and Astronomy
Magnetic susceptibility
Ion
Condensed Matter::Materials Science
Semiconductor
Zigzag
Chain (algebraic topology)
Antiferromagnetism
Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons
business
Spin (physics)

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