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5/9-magnetization plateau and possible spin supersolidity in ${\rm YCu_3(OD)_7xBr_{2+x}}$ under magnetic fields up to 120 T

Hiroaki Hayashi, Han Li, Feng-Feng Song, Xu-Guang Zhou, Akira Matsuo, Taeyun Kim, Enze Lv, Yuto Ishii, Zhe Qu, Gang Su, Koichi Kindo, Kwang-Yong Choi, Wei Li, and Yasuhiro H. Matsuda

Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 10 November, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/ht2w-t8sz

Abstract

We performed high-precision magnetization measurements up to 120 T on three compositions of the newly discovered kagome antiferromagnet YCu3(OD)7−xBr2+x (YCOB), revealing a previously unobserved 5/9 fractional magnetization plateau. All YCOB samples with different Br− concentrations exhibit nearly identical magnetization curves below 60 T, whereas the 5/9 plateau appears at markedly different fields in the ultrahigh-field regime. By modeling the experimental data using tensor-network calculations, we derive the effective spin Hamiltonians for the YCOB family with three spatially anisotropic Heisenberg couplings (the 3J-type model), which quantitatively reproduces the measured magnetization processes and captures the composition-dependent evolution of the 5/9 plateau. Furthermore, our theoretical analysis suggests the emergence of a spin supersolid phase in the field window between the 1/3 and 5/9 plateaus, which is sensitive to spin exchange parameters and accounts for the significant variation in the critical fields of the 5/9 plateau observed among different YCOB compositions.

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