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@ARTICLE{Ran:904645,
author = {Ran, Kejing and Wang, Jinghui and Bao, Song and Cai,
Zhengwei and Shangguan, Yanyan and Ma, Zhen and Wang, Wei
and Dong, Zhao-Yang and Cermak, P. and Schneidewind, A. and
Meng, Siqin and Lu, Zhilun and Yu, Shun-Li and Li, Jian-Xin
and Wen, Jinsheng},
title = {{E}vidence for {M}agnetic {F}ractional {E}xcitations in a
{K}itaev {Q}uantum-{S}pin-{L}iquid {C}andidate α-{R}u{C}l3},
journal = {Chinese physics letters},
volume = {39},
issn = {0256-307X},
address = {Bristol},
publisher = {IOP Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-06214},
pages = {027501},
year = {2022},
abstract = {It is known that 𝛼-RuCl3 has been studied extensively
because of its proximity to the Kitaev
quantum-spin-liquid(QSL) phase and the possibility of
approaching it by tuning the competing interactions. Here we
present the firstpolarized inelastic neutron scattering
study on 𝛼-RuCl3 single crystals to explore the
scattering continuum aroundthe 𝛤 point at the Brillouin
zone center, which was hypothesized to be resulting from the
Kitaev QSL state butwithout concrete evidence. With
polarization analyses, we find that, while the spin-wave
excitations around the𝑀 point vanish above the transition
temperature 𝑇N, the pure magnetic continuous excitations
around the 𝛤point are robust against temperature.
Furthermore, by calculating the dynamical spin-spin
correlation functionusing the cluster perturbation theory,
we derive magnetic dispersion spectra based on the
𝐾–𝛤 model, whichinvolves with a ferromagnetic Kitaev
interaction of −7.2meV and an off-diagonal interaction of
5.6 meV. We findthis model can reproduce not only the
spin-wave excitation spectra around the 𝑀 point, but also
the non-spinwavecontinuous magnetic excitations around the
𝛤 point. These results provide evidence for the existence
offractional excitations around the 𝛤 point originating
from the Kitaev QSL state, and further support the
validityof the 𝐾–𝛤 model as the effective minimal
spin model to describe 𝛼-RuCl3.},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / JCNS-2 / JCNS-4 / MLZ / PGI-4 / JARA-FIT},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-4-20201012 /
I:(DE-588b)4597118-3 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-4-20110106 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$},
pnm = {632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and Functional
Materials (POF4-632) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron
Research (JCNS) (FZJ) (POF4-6G4)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G4},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)PANDA-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000752027200001},
doi = {10.1088/0256-307X/39/2/027501},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904645},
}