Investigation of magnetic correlations in the S=1/2 coupled trimer compound K2Cu3Ge4O12

The interacting S=1/2 trimer compounds are fascinating systems to experimentally study novel quantum phenomena of many body physics in condensed matter and to validate the theoretical proposals. Here, we propose a comprehensive powder neutron diffraction study on K2Cu3Ge4O12, a model interacting spin-1/2 AFM trimer compound, by using the WISH diffractometer to determine the ground state magnetic structure and temperature dependent spin-spin correlations down to 0.25 K. The results of the proposed experiment will shed light on the role of the weak intertrimer couplings (in 2D for K2Cu3Ge4O12) on the magnetic ground state and will be compared with the same for the sister compound Na2Cu3Ge4O12 having 1D interacting trimers. The outcome of the proposed study would be helpful for a validation of the theoretical proposals for the magnetic ground states of S = ½ trimer systems in general.

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该数据集包含在ISIS设施WISH仪器上收集的粉末中子衍射数据，用于研究S=1/2耦合三聚体化合物K2Cu3Ge4O12的磁关联。实验旨在确定其基态磁结构和温度依赖的自旋-自旋关联（低至0.25 K），以探究弱三聚体间耦合的影响，并与姐妹化合物Na2Cu3Ge4O12进行比较，从而验证相关量子现象的理论预测。数据发布于2026年，但实验于2023年进行，格式为RAW/Nexus，适用于凝聚态物理研究。