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SciPost, SciPost Physics, 3(9), 2020

DOI: 10.21468/scipostphys.9.3.041

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Long-range magnetic order in the ${\tilde S}=1/2$ triangular lattice antiferromagnet KCeS$_2$

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Abstract

Recently, several putative quantum spin liquid (QSL) states were discovered in {\tilde S} = 1/2S̃=1/2 rare-earth based triangular-lattice antiferromagnets (TLAF) with the delafossite structure. In order to elucidate the conditions for a QSL to arise, we report here the discovery of a long-range magnetic order in the Ce-based TLAF KCeS_22 below T_{\mathrm N} = 0.38TN=0.38 K, despite the same delafossite structure. Finally, combining various experimental and computational methods, we characterize the crystal electric field scheme, the magnetic anisotropy and the magnetic ground state of KCeS_22.