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Interplay of uniform U (1) quantum spin liquid and magnetic phases in rare-earth pyrochlore magnets: A fermionic parton approach

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We study the uniform time reversal invariant $U(1)$ quantum spin liquid (QSL) with low energy fermionic quasi-particles for rare earth pyrochlore magnets and explore its magnetic instability employing an augmented… Click to show full abstract

We study the uniform time reversal invariant $U(1)$ quantum spin liquid (QSL) with low energy fermionic quasi-particles for rare earth pyrochlore magnets and explore its magnetic instability employing an augmented fermionic parton mean field theory approach. Self consistent calculations stabilise an uniform $U(1)$ QSL with both gapped and gapless parton excitations as well as fractionalised magnetically ordered phases in an experimentally relevant part of the phase diagram near the classical phase boundaries of the magnetically ordered phases. The gapped QSL has a band-structure with a non-zero $Z_2$ topological invariant. The fractionalised magnetic ordered phases bears signature of both QSL through fermionic excitations as well as magnetic order. Thus this provides a possible way to understand the unconventional diffuse neutron scattering in rare-earth pyrochlores such as Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$, Er$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$ and Er$_2$Pt$_2$O$_7$ at low/zero external magnetic fields. We calculate the dynamic spin structure factor to understand the nature of the diffuse two-particle continuum.

Keywords: spin liquid; spin; parton; quantum spin; rare earth

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2019

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