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Evidence for Vector Chiral Magnetic Order in κ-(BETS)<sub>2</sub>Mn[N(CN)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>3</sub>

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Abstract

Organic CT salts have long provided ideal experimental playgrounds for studying the interplay between magnetic and charge degrees of freedom. This has culminated in the experimental discoveries of spin-liquid states in the vicinity of the Mott transition, for example in k-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3 (κ-CN). Such states are thought to be stabilized by large multi-spin ring-exchange interactions. We discuss the properties of the recently synthesized κ-(BETS)2Mn[N(CN)2]3 (κ-Mn). Based on analysis of specific heat, magnetic torque, and NMR measurements combined with ab-initio calculations, we will address: (i) The nature and role of π-d interactions, (ii) the magnetic interactions within the BETS layers including SOC and ring-exchange, (iii) the origin of anomalous angle dependence and therefore (iv) the character of the magnetic ground state at low pressure. In particular, we argue that all experiments and calculations support an exotic four-sublattice vector chiral order, which is selected by the combination of large ring exchange and DM interactions. Ring exchange in κ-Mn plays an opposite role as in κ-CN – namely, the ring-exchange helps to stabilize an unconventional ordered state rather than a spin-liquid.

Presenters

  • Stephen Winter

    Wake Forest University, Department of Physics, Wake Forest University

Authors

  • Stephen Winter

    Wake Forest University, Department of Physics, Wake Forest University

  • Kira Riedl

    Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt

  • Steffi Hartmann

    Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt

  • David Zielke

    Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt

  • Natalia Kushch

    Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

  • Elena Gati

    Iowa State University/ Ames Laboratory, Ames Lab/Iowa State, Ames Lab

  • Werner Biberacher

    Walther-Meissner-Institut

  • Roser Valenti

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, ITP, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe University Frankfurt

  • Michael Lang

    Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt

  • Mark Kartsovnik

    Walther-Meissner-Institut

  • Eduard Yagubskii

    Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences