Competing Ordering Modes in the Distorted Quantum Kagome Material Clinoatacamite Cu${}_2$Cl(OH)${}_3$

L. Stödter, C. Kastner, H. O. Jeschke +20

We have studied the magnetic properties of clinoatacamite Cu${}_2$Cl(OH)${}_3$, the parent compound of the quantum spin liquid candidate herbertsmithite and a longstanding puzzle among…