{"paper":{"title":"Anomalous thermal conductivity and magnetic torque response in the honeycomb magnet $\\alpha$-RuCl$_3$","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cond-mat.str-el","authors_text":"B. Normand, Christopher A. Pocs, David Graf, Ian A. Leahy, Kwang-Yong Choi, Minhyea Lee, Peter E. Siegfried, S.-H. Do","submitted_at":"2016-12-12T20:20:45Z","abstract_excerpt":"We report on the unusual behavior of the in-plane thermal conductivity ($\\kappa$) and torque ($\\tau$) response in the Kitaev-Heisenberg material $\\alpha$-RuCl$_3$. $\\kappa$ shows a striking enhancement with linear growth beyond H = 7 T, where magnetic order disappears, while $\\tau$ for both of the in-plane symmetry directions shows an anomaly at the same field. The temperature- and field-dependence of $\\kappa$ are far more complex than conventional phonon and magnon contributions, and require us to invoke the presence of unconventional spin excitations whose properties are characteristic of a "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1612.03881","kind":"arxiv","version":3},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}