Large Thermal Hall Effect in $\alpha$-RuCl${}_3$: Evidence for Heat Transport by Kitaev-Heisenberg Paramagnons

Abstract

The honeycomb Kitaev model in a magnetic field is a source of a topological quantum spin liquid with Majorana fermions and gauge flux excitations as fractional quasiparticles. We present experimental results for the thermal Hall effect of the material $\alpha$-RuCl${}_3$ which recently emerged as a prime candidate for realizing such physics. At temperatures above long-range magnetic ordering $T\gtrsim T_N\approx 8$ K, we observe with an applied magnetic field $B$ perpendicular to the honeycomb layers a sizeable positive transversal heat conductivity ${\kappa }_{xy}$ which increases linearly with $B$. Upon raising the temperature, ${\kappa }_{xy}(T)$ increases strongly, exhibits a broad maximum at around 30 K, and eventually becomes negligible at $T\gtrsim 125$ K. Remarkably, the longitudinal heat conductivity ${\kappa }_{xx}(T)$ exhibits a sizeable positive thermal magnetoresistance effect. Thus, our findings provide clear-cut evidence for longitudinal and transverse magnetic heat transport and underpin the unconventional nature of the quasiparticles in the paramagnetic phase of $\alpha$-RuCl${}_3$.

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