Field-selective classical spin liquid and magnetization plateaus on kagome lattice

Abstract

We obtain a classical spin liquid (CSL) phase by applying a magnetic field in $J_1$-$J_2$-$J_3$ Ising model on a kagome lattice. As we proved in the previous study [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 119}, 077207 (2017)], this model realizes one species of CSL, the hexamer CSL, at zero magnetic field, which consists of macroscopically degenerate spin configurations with mixed total magnetization, $M$. The magnetic field selects its subset, which can be mapped to a trimer covering of the dual lattice, and forms a magnetization plateau of $M=1/9$. In addition to this CSL, we find two other magnetization plateaus at $M=5/9$ and $17/27$, which are ascribed to the "multimer" superstructures on a dual lattice.

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