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arxiv: 1808.05111 · v1 · pith:M5IM24TCnew · submitted 2018-08-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el

Crystal Field Levels and Magnetic Anisotropy in the Kagome Compounds rm{Nd₃Sb₃Mg₂O₁₄}, rm{Nd₃Sb₃Zn₂O₁₄}, and rm{Pr₃Sb₃Mg₂O₁₄}

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We report the crystal field levels of several newly-discovered rare-earth kagome compounds: $\rm{Nd_3Sb_3Mg_2O_{14}}$, $\rm{Nd_3Sb_3Zn_2O_{14}}$, and $\rm{Pr_3Sb_3Mg_2O_{14}}$. We determine the CEF Hamiltonian by fitting to neutron scattering data using a point-charge Hamiltonian as an intermediate fitting step. The fitted Hamiltonians accurately reproduce bulk susceptibility measurements, and the results indicate easy-axis ground state doublets for $\rm{Nd_3Sb_3Mg_2O_{14}}$ and $\rm{Nd_3Sb_3Zn_2O_{14}}$, and a singlet ground state for $\rm{Pr_3Sb_3Mg_2O_{14}}$. These results provide the groundwork for future investigations of these compounds and a template for CEF analysis of other low-symmetry materials.

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