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Field-induced bound-state condensation and spin-nematic phase in SrCu2(BO3)2 revealed by neutron scattering up to 25.9 T

Fogh, Ellen  
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Nayak, Mithilesh  
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Prokhnenko, Oleksandr
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January 10, 2024
Nature Communications

In quantum magnetic materials, ordered phases induced by an applied magnetic field can be described as the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of magnon excitations. In the strongly frustrated system SrCu2(BO3)(2), no clear magnon BEC could be observed, pointing to an alternative mechanism, but the high fields required to probe this physics have remained a barrier to detailed investigation. Here we exploit the first purpose-built high-field neutron scattering facility to measure the spin excitations of SrCu2(BO3)(2) up to 25.9 T and use cylinder matrix-product-states (MPS) calculations to reproduce the experimental spectra with high accuracy. Multiple unconventional features point to a condensation of S = 2 bound states into a spin-nematic phase, including the gradients of the one-magnon branches and the persistence of a one-magnon spin gap. This gap reflects a direct analogy with superconductivity, suggesting that the spin-nematic phase in SrCu2(BO3)(2) is best understood as a condensate of bosonic Cooper pairs.

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DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-44115-z
Web of Science ID

WOS:001141040600024

Author(s)
Fogh, Ellen  
Nayak, Mithilesh  
Prokhnenko, Oleksandr
Bartkowiak, Maciej
Munakata, Koji
Soh, Jian-Rui  
Turrini, Alexandra Angeline  
Zayed, Mohamed E.
Pomjakushina, Ekaterina
Kageyama, Hiroshi
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Date Issued

2024-01-10

Publisher

Nature Portfolio

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

15

Issue

1

Start page

442

Subjects

Bose-Einstein Condensation

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Magnetization Plateaus

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Ground-State

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Temperature

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Excitations

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Magnons

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Order

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Model

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Heat

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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CTMC  
FunderGrant Number

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council)

810451

European Research Council through the Synergy network HERO

188648

Swiss National Science Foundation

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February 23, 2024
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