NMR evidence of spin supersolid and Pomeranchuk effect behaviors in the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Rb$_2$Ni$_2$(SeO$_3$)$_3$

TL;DR

This study uses $^{85}$Rb NMR to investigate magnetic phases in Rb$_2$Ni$_2$(SeO$_3$)$_3$, revealing spin supersolid behavior and Pomeranchuk effects in a triangular-lattice antiferromagnet.

Contribution

It provides the first NMR evidence of spin supersolid and Pomeranchuk effect behaviors in this specific antiferromagnetic material.

Findings

Identification of the UUD phase between 3 T and 16 T.

Observation of two gapless regimes corresponding to spin supersolid phases.

Detection of a negative slope in the UUD-V phase boundary indicating supersolid behavior.

Abstract

We performed $^{85}$Rb nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on the $S$ = 1 bilayer triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Rb$_2$Ni$_2$(SeO$_3$)$_3$ in magnetic fields up to 26 T. In the field range from 3 T to 26 T, the NMR spectral lines split and their respective spectral weight ratios reveal the existence of the magnetic up-up-down (UUD) phase, although the 1/3-plateau phase is only reached at fields above 16 T. Two distinct gapless regimes are further identified: one at low fields and low temperatures, and the other at high fields and high temperatures, consistent with the spin supersolid Y and V phases. Notably, the UUD-V phase boundary exhibits a negative slope in $dT/dH$, where the supersolid phase is located at temperatures above the solid phase due to strong low-energy spin fluctuations.