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Spin-coupling topology in the copper hexamer compounds <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>A</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>Cu</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mi>SO</mml:mi><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/…
The compounds A$_2$Cu$_3$O(SO$_4$)$_3$ (A=Na, K) are characterized by copper hexamers which are weakly coupled to realize antiferromagnetic order below TN=3 K. They constitute novel quantum spin systems with S=1 triplet ground-states. We investigated the energy-level splittings of the copper hexamers by inelastic neutron scattering experiments covering the entire range of …