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Title: Antichiral spin order, its soft modes, and their hybridization with phonons in the topological semimetal Mn3 Ge

Abstract

Here we report the magnetic structure and spin excitations of Mn 3 Ge , a breathing kagome antiferromagnet with transport anomalies attributed to Weyl nodes. Using polarized neutron diffraction, we show the magnetic order is a k = 0 coplanar state belonging to a Γ 9 irreducible representation, which can be described as a perfect 120° antichiral structure with a moment of 2.2(1) μ B /Mn, superimposed with weak collinear ferromagnetism. Inelastic neutron scattering shows three collective Q = 0 excitations at Δ 1 = 2.9 ( 6 ) meV, Δ 2 = 14.6 ( 3 ) meV, and Δ 3 = 17.5 ( 3 ) meV. A field theory of Q 0 spin waves in triangular antiferromagnets with a 120° spin structure was used to classify these modes. The in-plane mode ( α ) is gapless, Δ 1 is the gap to a doublet of out-of-plane spin excitations ( β x , β y ), and Δ 2 , Δ 3 result from hybridization of optical phonons with magnetic excitations. While a phenomenological spin Hamiltonian including exchange interactions, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, and single-ion crystal field terms can describe aspects of the Mn-based magnetism, spin-wave damping [ Γ = 25 ( 8 ) meV] and the extended range of magnetic interactions indicate itinerant magnetism consistent with the transport anomalies.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [6];  [7]
  1. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Division
  3. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  5. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research
  6. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States); Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama (Japan)
  7. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Institute for Quantum Matter
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; CREST; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT)
OSTI Identifier:
1813168
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; SC0019331; GBMF-4532; JPMJCR18T3; 15H05882; 15H05883; 19H00650
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 102; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; topological materials; Kagome lattice; Weyl semimetal; neutron scattering

Citation Formats

Chen, Y., Gaudet, J., Dasgupta, S., Marcus, G. G., Lin, Jiao, Chen, Tong, Tomita, T., Ikhlas, M., Zhao, Yang, Chen, W. C., Stone, Matthew B., Tchernyshyov, Oleg, Nakatsuji, Satoru, and Broholm, C. Antichiral spin order, its soft modes, and their hybridization with phonons in the topological semimetal Mn3 Ge. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.102.054403.
Chen, Y., Gaudet, J., Dasgupta, S., Marcus, G. G., Lin, Jiao, Chen, Tong, Tomita, T., Ikhlas, M., Zhao, Yang, Chen, W. C., Stone, Matthew B., Tchernyshyov, Oleg, Nakatsuji, Satoru, & Broholm, C. Antichiral spin order, its soft modes, and their hybridization with phonons in the topological semimetal Mn3 Ge. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.054403
Chen, Y., Gaudet, J., Dasgupta, S., Marcus, G. G., Lin, Jiao, Chen, Tong, Tomita, T., Ikhlas, M., Zhao, Yang, Chen, W. C., Stone, Matthew B., Tchernyshyov, Oleg, Nakatsuji, Satoru, and Broholm, C. Mon . "Antichiral spin order, its soft modes, and their hybridization with phonons in the topological semimetal Mn3 Ge". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.054403. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1813168.
@article{osti_1813168,
title = {Antichiral spin order, its soft modes, and their hybridization with phonons in the topological semimetal Mn3 Ge},
author = {Chen, Y. and Gaudet, J. and Dasgupta, S. and Marcus, G. G. and Lin, Jiao and Chen, Tong and Tomita, T. and Ikhlas, M. and Zhao, Yang and Chen, W. C. and Stone, Matthew B. and Tchernyshyov, Oleg and Nakatsuji, Satoru and Broholm, C.},
abstractNote = {Here we report the magnetic structure and spin excitations of Mn3Ge, a breathing kagome antiferromagnet with transport anomalies attributed to Weyl nodes. Using polarized neutron diffraction, we show the magnetic order is a k=0 coplanar state belonging to a Γ9 irreducible representation, which can be described as a perfect 120° antichiral structure with a moment of 2.2(1) μB/Mn, superimposed with weak collinear ferromagnetism. Inelastic neutron scattering shows three collective Q=0 excitations at Δ1=2.9(6) meV, Δ2=14.6(3) meV, and Δ3=17.5(3) meV. A field theory of Q≈0 spin waves in triangular antiferromagnets with a 120° spin structure was used to classify these modes. The in-plane mode (α) is gapless, Δ1 is the gap to a doublet of out-of-plane spin excitations (βx,βy), and Δ2, Δ3 result from hybridization of optical phonons with magnetic excitations. While a phenomenological spin Hamiltonian including exchange interactions, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, and single-ion crystal field terms can describe aspects of the Mn-based magnetism, spin-wave damping [Γ=25(8) meV] and the extended range of magnetic interactions indicate itinerant magnetism consistent with the transport anomalies.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.102.054403},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 5,
volume = 102,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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