4-spin plaquette singlet state in the Shastry–Sutherland compound SrCu2(BO3)2

• DOI: 10.1038/nphys4190
• Publication Date: 2017-07-17T15:06:11Z
• Authors: M. E. Zayed; Ch. Rüegg; J. Larrea J.; A. M. Läuchli; C. Panagopoulos; S. S. Saxena; M. Ellerby; D. F. McMorrow; Th. Strässle; S. Klotz; G. Hamel; R. A. Sadykov; V. Pomjakushin; M. Boehm; M. Jiménez–Ruiz; A. Schneidewind; E. Pomjakushina; M. Stingaciu; K. Conder; H. M. Rønnow
• Keywords: Phase transitions and critical phenomena; Magnetic properties and materials; 0103 physical sciences; Structure of solids and liquids; 01 natural sciences

A detailed neutron scattering study of the Shastry–Sutherland material SrCu2(BO3)2 verifies the existence of a 4-spin plaquette singlet phase in this system.