Abstract
High-resolution neutron and THz spectroscopies are used to study the magnetic excitation spectrum of , a distorted-triangular-lattice antiferromagnet with nearly -type anisotropy. What was previously thought of as a broad excitation continuum [L. Facheris et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 087201 (2022)] is shown to be a series of dispersive bound states reminiscent of “Zeeman ladders” in quasi-one-dimensional Ising systems. At wave vectors where interchain interactions cancel at the mean field level, they can indeed be interpreted as bound finite-width kinks in individual chains. Elsewhere in the Brillouin zone their true two-dimensional structure and propagation are revealed.
- Received 31 January 2023
- Revised 13 April 2023
- Accepted 17 May 2023
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.256702
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