NMR study of supersolid phases in the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Na2BaCo(PO4)2

Abstract

We report ultra-low-temperature ${}^{23}$Na NMR measurements on the Ising triangular lattice antiferromagnet Na${}_2$BaCo(PO${}_4$)${}_2$, which precisely resolve the phase diagram under magnetic field applied along the crystalline $c$ axis. With increasing field, the NMR spectra resolve three ordered phases with distinct spin configurations: the Y, up-up-down (UUD), and V phases. The spin-lattice relaxation rate $1/T_1$ data demonstrate gapless excitations in the Y and V phases, strongly supporting their supersolid nature. However, the phase transitions from the UUD phase to the two supersolid phases exhibit dramatically different behaviors upon cooling. Prior to entering the Y phase, $1/T_1$ identifies a gapless regime within the UUD phase, suggesting a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase above a second-order phase transition. In contrast, the coexistence of the UUD and V phases observed in our experiments provides direct evidence of a first-order phase transition between these phases.

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