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Planar thermal Hall effects in the Kitaev spin liquid candidate Na_{2}Co_{2}TeO_{6}

Authors :
Hikaru Takeda
Jiancong Mai
Masatoshi Akazawa
Kyo Tamura
Jian Yan
Kalimuthu Moovendaran
Kalaivanan Raju
Raman Sankar
Kwang-Yong Choi
Minoru Yamashita
Source :
Physical Review Research, Vol 4, Iss 4, p L042035 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
American Physical Society, 2022.

Abstract

We investigate both the longitudinal thermal conductivity (κ_{xx}) and the planar thermal Hall conductivity (κ_{xy}) in the Kitaev spin liquid candidate of the cobalt-based honeycomb antiferromagnet Na_{2}Co_{2}TeO_{6} in a magnetic field (B) applied along the a- and a^{*}-axes. A finite κ_{xy} is resolved for both field directions in the antiferromagnetic (AFM) phase below the Néel temperature of 27 K. The temperature dependence of κ_{xy}/T shows the emergence of topological bosonic excitations. In addition, the field dependence of κ_{xy} shows sign reversals at the critical fields in the AFM phase, suggesting the changes in the Chern number distribution of the topological magnons. Remarkably, a finite κ_{xy} is observed in B∥a^{*} between the first-order transition field in the AFM phase and the saturation field, which is prohibited in a disordered state by the two-fold rotation symmetry around the a^{*} axis of the honeycomb lattice, showing the presence of a magnetically ordered state that breaks the two-fold rotation symmetry. Our results demonstrate the presence of topological magnons in this compound in the whole field range below the saturation field.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
QC1-999

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26431564
Volume :
4
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Physical Review Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.893e1d5712f24c00872e7acb4401712d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L042035