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Magnetization Process and Collective Excitations in the S=1/2 Triangular-Lattice Heisenberg Antiferromagnet Ba3CoSb2O9

arXiv:1303.5271 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.267201

Abstract

We have performed high-field magnetization and ESR measurements on BaCoSbO single crystals, as a representative two-dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a uniform triangular lattice, and have determined all the magnetic parameters. For an applied magnetic field parallel to the -plane, the entire magnetization curve including the plateau at one-third of the saturation magnetization () is in excellent agreement with the results of theoretical calculations except an anomaly near , indicative of an additional field-induced transition. However, for , the magnetization curve exhibits a cusp near . Paramagnetic resonance signals above the Néel temperature indicate the nearly isotropic -factor. A detailed analysis of the collective ESR modes observed in the ordered state, combined with the magnetization process, provides evidence of the weak easy-plane anisotropy.

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