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Damped Dirac magnon in a metallic Kagome antiferromagnet FeSn

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Abstract

FeSn is a prototype Kagome magnetic metal exhibiting novel electronic properties. We report inelastic neutron scattering studies of the spin excitation spectrum of FeSn. The spectra display well-defined spin waves extending up to 120 meV. Above this energy, the spin waves become progressively broadened, reflecting interactions with the Stoner continuum. Using linear spin wave theory, we have determined an effective spin Hamiltonian that reproduces the measured dispersion at energies below the Stoner continuum. This analysis indicates that the Dirac magnon at the K-point remarkably occurs on the brink of a region where well-defined spin waves become damped. Our results emphasize the influential role of itinerant carriers on the topological spin excitations of metallic Kagome magnets

Publication: S.-H. Do et al., arXiv:2107.08915v1 (2021)

Presenters

  • Seunghwan Do

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Lab

Authors

  • Seunghwan Do

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Koji Kaneko

    Materials Sciences Research Center, JAEA, Japan, JAEA Tokai

  • Ryoichi Kajimoto

    Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan

  • Kazuya Kamazawa

    Neutron Science and Technology Center, CROSS, Japan, Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society

  • Matthew B Stone

    Oak Ridge National Lab, Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA

  • Shinichi Itoh

    Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

  • Takatsugu Masuda

    Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan, The University of Tokyo

  • German D Samolyuk

    Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Elbio R Dagotto

    University of Tennessee

  • William Meier

    oak ridge national laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL, USA

  • Brian C Sales

    Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Hu Miao

    Oak Ridge National Labs

  • Andrew Christianson

    Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL, USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Lab, oak ridge national lab