Spin-liquid correlations in the Nd-langasite anisotropic kagomé antiferromagnet

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 May 19;96(19):197205. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.197205. Epub 2006 May 17.

Abstract

Dynamical magnetic correlations in the geometrically frustrated Nd(3)Ga(5)SiO(14) compound were probed by inelastic neutron scattering on a single crystal. A scattering signal with a ring shape distribution in reciprocal space and unprecedented dispersive features was discovered. Comparison with calculated static magnetic scattering from models of correlated spins suggests that the observed phase is a spin liquid inherent to an antiferromagnetic kagomé-like lattice of anisotropic Nd moments.