Removing the spin ice cap: magnetic ground states of rare earth tripod kagome lattice Mg$_2$RE$_3$Sb$_3$O$_{14}$ (RE = Gd, Dy, Er)

• Main Authors: Dun, Zhiling, Trinh, Jennifer, Li, Kuo, Lee, Minseong, Chen, Kuan-wen, Baumbach, Ryan, Hu, Yufei, Wang, Yingxia, Choi, Eun Sang, Shastry, B. Sriram, Ramirez, Arthur P., Zhou, Haidong
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2016
• Subjects: Strongly Correlated Electrons cond-mat.str-el; FOS Physical sciences; Dy; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1601.01575; https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01575

We present the structural and magnetic properties of a new compound family, Mg$_2$RE$_3$Sb$_3$O$_{14}$ (RE = Gd, Dy, Er), with a hitherto unstudied frustrating lattice, the "tripod kagome" structure. Susceptibility (ac, dc) and specific heat exhibit features that are understood within a si...