- Accepted Paper
Spin order and excitations in the collinear kagome antiferromagnet ${\rm Y_{0.5}Fe_3Sn_3}$
Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 25 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/mjd4-ylmx
Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 25 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/mjd4-ylmx
Kagome lattices host rich magnetic, topological, and transport phenomena owing to their geometric frustration and strong spin correlations. Here we present a systematic neutron scattering study of the kagome metal YFeSn, which orders into a collinear -axis antiferromagnetic (AF) state below 551 K. An additional anomalous Hall effect (AHE) contribution beyond the conventional magnetization-scaling response is observed well below under an in-plane magnetic field . Elastic neutron scattering demonstrates that the Fe moments preserve their collinear -axis AF alignment down to 1.5 K at zero field. Inelastic neutron scattering reveals a distinctive Y-shape spin excitation dispersion exhibiting a two-gap structure below 10 meV, likely arising from two non-degenerate spin-wave branches. Polarized neutron measurements further show that the low-temperature spin excitations are strongly anisotropic: the in-plane component dominates while the -axis component is nearly absent. Upon warming, gradually grows markedly but remains much weaker than even at 300 K. We propose that the unconventional AHE originates from a nonzero scalar spin chirality induced by field-driven spin canting either in the static or dynamic configurations due to gapless excitations. These findings establish the collinear AF kagome metal YFeSn as a platform for chirality-driven AHE without spontaneous spin reorientation.
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