Giant phonon anomalies in the proximate Kitaev quantum spin liquid α-RuCl3
oleh: Haoxiang Li, T. T. Zhang, A. Said, G. Fabbris, D. G. Mazzone, J. Q. Yan, D. Mandrus, Gábor B. Halász, S. Okamoto, S. Murakami, M. P. M. Dean, H. N. Lee, H. Miao
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01 |
Deskripsi
It was recently proposed that the coupling between phonons and fractional excitations of a Kitaev quantum spin liquid can be detected in its phonon dynamics. Here, the authors report signatures of this coupling, manifested in low-energy phonon anomalies measured by inelastic X-ray scattering with meV resolution.