We show how a gapless spin liquid with hidden octupolar order arises in an applied magnetic field, in a model applicable to thin films of 3He with competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic (cyclic) exchange interactions. Evidence is also presented for nematic -- i.e., quadrupolar -- correlations bordering on ferromagnetism in the absence of a magnetic field.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0611575,
title = {Octupolar order in the multiple spin exchange model on a triangular lattice},
author = {Tsutomu Momoi and Philippe Sindzingre and Nic Shannon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0611575},
year = {2007}
}