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<p>In <i>d</i>-electron systems, there can also be intricate interplay between Kondo coupling and magnetic interactions as that in <i>f</i>-electron systems, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, using inelastic neutron scattering, we investigate the temperature evolution of the low-energy spin waves (magnons) in a metallic van der Waals ferromagnet Fe<sub>3−<i>x</i></sub>GeTe<sub>2</sub>, and observe that the magnon damping diverges at both low and high temperatures and exhibits a minimum at an intermediate temperature. These behaviors are described by a formula that combines logarithmic and power-law terms, representing the dominant contributions from Kondo coupling and thermal fluctuations, respectively. These findings can be explained by considering electron-magnon scattering of spin-flip type within the ferromagnetic Kondo-Heisenberg lattice model, distinct from the original Kondo effect which only considers the coupling between itinerant electrons and isolated impurity spins. These results unveil the intriguing interplay between itinerant electrons and spin waves in metallic 3<i>d</i>-electron systems with magnetic order, and provide magnon damping as a new effective probe of Kondo coupling in metallic quantum magnets, thereby opening new avenues for exploring Kondo physics from the magnon perspective.</p>

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Magnon damping as a probe of Kondo coupling in magnetically ordered systems

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    2026年3月6日

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  • Song Bao,
  • Yuan Gao,
  • Junsen Wang,
  • Shin-ichiro Yano,
  • Yanyan Shangguan,
  • Zhentao Huang,
  • Junbo Liao,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Bo Zhang,
  • Shufan Cheng,
  • Hao Xu,
  • Zhao-Yang Dong,
  • Shun-Li Yu,
  • Wei Li,
  • Jian-Xin Li,
  • Jinsheng Wen

摘要

In d-electron systems, there can also be intricate interplay between Kondo coupling and magnetic interactions as that in f-electron systems, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, using inelastic neutron scattering, we investigate the temperature evolution of the low-energy spin waves (magnons) in a metallic van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3−xGeTe2, and observe that the magnon damping diverges at both low and high temperatures and exhibits a minimum at an intermediate temperature. These behaviors are described by a formula that combines logarithmic and power-law terms, representing the dominant contributions from Kondo coupling and thermal fluctuations, respectively. These findings can be explained by considering electron-magnon scattering of spin-flip type within the ferromagnetic Kondo-Heisenberg lattice model, distinct from the original Kondo effect which only considers the coupling between itinerant electrons and isolated impurity spins. These results unveil the intriguing interplay between itinerant electrons and spin waves in metallic 3d-electron systems with magnetic order, and provide magnon damping as a new effective probe of Kondo coupling in metallic quantum magnets, thereby opening new avenues for exploring Kondo physics from the magnon perspective.