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E8 Spectra of Quasi-One-Dimensional Antiferromagnet BaCo2 V2 O8 under Transverse Field

  • Haiyuan Zou
  • , Yi Cui
  • , Xiao Wang
  • , Z. Zhang
  • , J. Yang
  • , G. Xu
  • , A. Okutani
  • , M. Hagiwara
  • , M. Matsuda
  • , G. Wang
  • , Giuseppe Mussardo
  • , K. Hódsági
  • , M. Kormos
  • , Zhangzhen He
  • , S. Kimura
  • , Rong Yu
  • , Weiqiang Yu
  • , Jie Ma
  • , Jianda Wu
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Renmin University of China
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • The University of Osaka
  • A110 Life Science Building
  • CAS - Institute of Physics
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics
  • CAS - Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
  • Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

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Abstract

We report V51 NMR and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measurements on a quasi-1D antiferromagnet BaCo2V2O8 under transverse field along the [010] direction. The scaling behavior of the spin-lattice relaxation rate above the Néel temperatures unveils a 1D quantum critical point (QCP) at Hc1D≈4.7 T, which is masked by the 3D magnetic order. With the aid of accurate analytical analysis and numerical calculations, we show that the zone center INS spectrum at Hc1D is precisely described by the pattern of the 1D quantum Ising model in a magnetic field, a class of universality described in terms of the exceptional E8 Lie algebra. These excitations are nondiffusive over a certain field range when the system is away from the 1D QCP. Our results provide an unambiguous experimental realization of the massive E8 phase in the compound, and open a new experimental route for exploring the dynamics of quantum integrable systems as well as physics beyond integrability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number077201
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume127
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Aug 2021
Externally publishedYes

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