⁶³Cu, ³⁵Cl, and ¹H NMR in the S=1/2 Kagom\'e Lattice ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂
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❄️ cond-mat.str-el
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latticelocalmagneticspinkagomnearsusceptibilityzncu
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ZnCu$_{3}$(OH)$_{6}$Cl$_{2}$ ($S=1/2$) is a promising new candidate for an ideal Kagom\'e Heisenberg antiferromagnet, because there is no magnetic phase transition down to $\sim$50 mK. We investigated its local magnetic and lattice environments with NMR techniques. We demonstrate that the intrinsic local spin susceptibility {\it decreases} toward T=0, but that slow freezing of the lattice near $\sim$50 K, presumably associated with OH bonds, contributes to a large increase of local spin susceptibility and its distribution. Spin dynamics near T=0 obey a power-law behavior in high magnetic fields.
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