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Field-tuned magnetic structure and phase diagram of the honeycomb magnet YbCl3

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We report thermodynamic and neutron diffraction measurements on the magnetic ordering properties of the honeycomb lattice magnet YbCl3. We find YbCl3 exhibits a Néel type long-range magnetic order at the wavevector (0, 0, 0) below TN = 600 mK. This magnetic order is associated with a small sharp peak in heat capacity and most magnetic entropy release occurs above the magnetic ordering temperature. The magnetic moment lies in-plane, parallel to the monoclinic a-axis, whose magnitude mYb = 0.86(3) μB is considerably smaller than the expected fully ordered moment of 2.24 μB for the doublet crystal-field ground state. The magnetic ordering moment gradually increases with increasing magnetic field perpendicular to the ab-plane, reaching a maximum value of 1.6(2) μB at 4 T, before it is completely suppressed above ∼ 9 T. These results indicate the presence of strong quantum fluctuations in YbCl3.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

    YiQing Hao, HongLiang Wo, YiMeng Gu, XiaoWen Zhang, YiQing Gu, ShiYi Zheng & Jun Zhao

  2. NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, 20899, USA

    Yang Zhao, GuangYong Xu & Jeffrey W. Lynn

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, USA

    Yang Zhao

  4. J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

    Kenji Nakajima & Naoki Murai

  5. Institute of Nanoelectronic Devices and Quantum Computing, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

    WenBin Wang

  6. Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, 210093, China

    Jun Zhao

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Hao, Y., Wo, H., Gu, Y. et al. Field-tuned magnetic structure and phase diagram of the honeycomb magnet YbCl3. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 64, 237411 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-020-1626-3

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