Thermodynamic Properties of Kagome Antiferromagnets with different Perturbations

TL;DR

This paper investigates how various perturbations like impurities, dilution, and anisotropies affect the thermodynamic properties of Kagome antiferromagnets, with implications for understanding real materials such as ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of the effects of multiple perturbations on Kagome lattice thermodynamics, connecting theoretical models to experimental observations.

Findings

Magnetic susceptibility is well explained by 6% impurity and dilution.

Entropy differences match with a Dzyaloshinski-Moria parameter D_z/J~0.1.

Perturbations significantly influence specific heat and entropy behaviors.

Abstract

We discuss the results of several small perturbations to the thermodynamic properties of Kagome Lattice Heisenberg Model (KLHM) at high and intermediate temperatures, including Curie impurities, dilution, in-plane and out of plane Dzyaloshinski-Moria (DM) anisotropies and exchange anisotropy. We examine the combined role of Curie impurities and dilution in the behavior of uniform susceptibility. We also study the changes in specific heat and entropy with various anisotropies. Their relevance to newly discovered materials ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2 is explored. We find that the magnetic susceptibility is well described by about 6 percent impurity and dilution. We also find that the entropy difference between the material and KLHM is well described by the DM parameter D_z/J~0.1.