Investigation of the magnetic structure in high-quality samples of the quasi-perfect S=1/2 kagome antiferromagnet vesignieite, BaCu3V2O10D2

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Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are new and exotic states of matter characterised by fractionalised excitations and macroscopically degenerate ground states. The S=1/2 kagome antiferromagnet (KAFM) provides an excellent model system for exploring QSLs and synthetic examples have displayed a wide variety of unique physics such as dynamic ground states with nearest-neighbour correlations. However, the true magnetic properties of synthetic S=1/2 KAFMs are often masked by structural imperfections. This has so far been the case for the mineral vesignieite, BaCu3V2O8(OD)2. However, we have recently synthesised new, high-quality samples and our inelastic neutron scattering data suggests they adopt an unusual non-coplanar octahedral magnetic structure not previously observed experimentally. We propose to use WISH to characterise the magnetic structure in this unique material.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.58451773
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/58451773
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Creator Professor Andrew Wills; Mr David Boldrin; Mr Eamonn Connolly; Dr Pascal Manuel
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-03-30T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-03-31T08:00:00Z