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\(\mu \)SR studies on copper minerals

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Quantum states are difficult to observe experimentally. In addition, ideal model materials have not been found for some of the lattice systems in which exotic quantum states are predicted to be realized. Numerous candidates for low-dimensional quantum magnets are hidden in copper minerals, and the number of candidates is increasing every year. We succeeded to synthesize seven copper minerals by imitating the environment where they are discovered and reported their quantum states. The properties of pulsed muons are very suitable for investigating the spin state of artificial copper minerals.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank all the co-authors of our paper on Kamchatka copper minerals [14,15,16,17, 19]. The \(\mu \)SR experiment was performed at the MLF of J-PARC under a user program (Proposal No. 2016B0083).

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This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grants No. 21K03453) from MEXT, Japan.

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  1. Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

    Masayoshi Fujihala

  2. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University (IMR), 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai, Aoba-ku, 980-8577, Japan

    Hirotaka Okabe

  3. Muon Science Laboratory and Condensed Matter Research Center, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, 305-0801, Japan

    Akihiro Koda

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M.F. wrote the main manuscript text. A.K., H.O., and M.F. performed the \(\mu \)SR experiments. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Fujihala, M., Okabe, H. & Koda, A. \(\mu \)SR studies on copper minerals. Hyperfine Interact 245, 13 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01856-7

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