Abstract

We report the results of magnetization and specific heat measurements on Ba{3}CoSb{2}O{9}, in which the magnetic Co{2+} ion has a fictitious spin 1/2, and provide evidence that a spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a regular triangular lattice is actually realized in Ba{3}CoSb{2}O{9}. We found that the entire magnetization curve including the one-third quantum magnetization plateau is in excellent quantitative agreement with the results of theoretical calculations. We also found that Ba{3}CoSb{2}O{9} undergoes a three-step transition within a narrow temperature range.

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