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J Phys Condens Matter. 2011 Apr 27;23(16):164207. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/16/164207. Epub 2011 Apr 6.
We present transverse field muon spin rotation/relaxation measurements on single crystals of the spin-1/2 kagome antiferromagnet Herbertsmithite. We find that the spins are more easily polarized when the field is perpendicular to the kagome plane. We demonstrate that the difference in magnetization between the different directions cannot be accounted for by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya-type interactions alone and that anisotropic axial interaction is present.
我们对自旋为 1/2 的 kagome 反铁磁体 Herbertsmithite 的单晶进行了横向磁场 μ 子自旋旋转/弛豫测量。我们发现当磁场垂直于 kagome 面时,自旋更容易极化。我们证明了不同方向之间的磁化强度差异不能仅用 Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya 型相互作用来解释,而且存在各向异性轴向相互作用。