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Quantum spin liquids are long-range entangled states of matter with emergent gauge fields and fractionalized excitations. While candidate materials, such as the Kitaev honeycomb ruthenate $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$, show magnetic order at low…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-07-16 I. Rousochatzakis , S. Kourtis , J. Knolle , R. Moessner , N. B. Perkins

Recent experiments suggest a quantum spin liquid ground state in the material PbCuTe$_2$O$_6$, where $S=1/2$ moments are coupled by antiferromagnetic Heisenberg interactions into a three dimensional structure of corner sharing triangles…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-15 Li Ern Chern , Yong Baek Kim

We present a detailed magnetic study of the triangular antiferromagnet ErMgGaO$_4$. A point charge calculation under the single ion approximation reveals a crystal field ground state doublet with a strong Ising-like behavior of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-04-08 Y. Cai , C. Lygouras , G. Thomas , M. N. Wilson , J. Beare , D. R. Yahne , K. Ross , Z. Gong , Y. J. Uemura , H. A. Dabkowska , G. M. Luke

Quantum spin liquids are a new class of magnetic ground state in which spins are quantum mechanically entangled over macroscopic scales. Motivated by recent advances in the control of polar molecules, we show that dipolar interactions…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-04-23 Norman Y. Yao , Michael P. Zaletel , Dan M. Stamper-Kurn , Ashvin Vishwanath

Quantum spin liquids have been at the forefront of correlated electron research ever since their original proposal in 1973, and the realization that they belong to the broader class of intrinsic topological orders, along with the fractional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-04-26 Ioannis Rousochatzakis , Yuriy Sizyuk , Natalia B. Perkins

We perform highly accurate density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) simulations to investigate the ground state properties of the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic square lattice Heisenberg $J_1$-$J_2$ model. Based on studies of numerous long…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-07-20 Hong-Chen Jiang , Hong Yao , Leon Balents

While a quantum spin liquid (QSL) phase has been identified in the $J_1$-$J_2$ Heisenberg model on a triangular lattice via numerical calculations, debate persists about whether or not such a QSL is gapped or gapless, with contradictory…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-08-25 Ta Tang , Brian Moritz , Thomas P. Devereaux

Kitaev magnets are materials with bond-dependent Ising interactions between localized spins on a honeycomb lattice. Such interactions could lead to a quantum spin-liquid (QSL) ground state at zero temperature. Recent theoretical studies…

A quantum spin liquid (QSL) would be an exotic stage for superconductivity. A promising candidate for a doped QSL is the organic triangular-lattice system, kappa-(BEDT-TTF)4Hg2:89Br8, which hosts a non-Fermi liquid and magnetism of a QSL…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-06-16 K. Wakamatsu , Y. Ueno , K. Miyagawa , H. Taniguchi , K. Kanoda

We develop a gauge-invariant renormalized mean-field theory (RMFT) to reliably find the quantum spin liquid (QSL) states and their field response for realistic Kitaev materials under strong magnetic fields and described by the generalized…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-06 Po-Hao Chou , Chung-Yu Mou , Chung-Hou Chung , Sungkit Yip

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are exotic phases of matter characterized by long-range entanglement and the absence of magnetic order even at zero temperature. Here, we present a comprehensive theoretical study of the frustrated magnet…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-20 Yanpeng Zhou , Gang Li

Inspired by the recent discovery of a new instability towards a chiral phase of the classical Heisenberg model on the kagome lattice, we propose a specific chiral spin liquid that reconciles different, well-established results concerning…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-06-06 Laura Messio , Bernard Bernu , Claire Lhuillier

Quantum Spin Liquids (QSLs) are phases of interacting spins that do not order even at the absolute zero temperature, making it impossible to characterize them by a local order parameter. In this article, we review the unique view provided…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-02-06 Tarun Grover , Yi Zhang , Ashvin Vishwanath

The molecular triangular lattice system, beta'-EtMe3Sb[Pd(dmit)2]2, is considered as a candidate material for the quantum spin liquid (QSL) state, although ongoing debates arise from recent controversial results. Here, the results of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-05 Yugo Oshima , Yasuyuki Ishii , Francis L. Pratt , Isao Watanabe , Hitoshi Seo , Takao Tsumuraya , Tsuyoshi Miyazaki , Reizo Kato

Na$_4$Ir$_3$O$_8$ is a candidate material for a 3-dimensional quantum spin-liquid on the hyperkagome lattice. We present thermodynamic measurements of heat capacity $C$ and thermal conductivity $\kappa$ on high quality polycrystalline…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-18 Yogesh Singh , Y. Tokiwa , J. Dong , P. Gegenwart

Frustrated magnets offer a plethora of exotic magnetic ground states, including quantum spin liquids (QSLs), in which enhanced quantum fluctuations prevent a long-range magnetic ordering of the strongly correlated spins down to lowest…

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are long-range entangled states of quantum magnets which lie beyond the Landau paradigm of classifying phases of matter via broken symmetries. A physical route to arriving at QSLs is via frustration-induced…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-20 Ciarán Hickey , Lukasz Cincio , Zlatko Papić , Arun Paramekanti

We propose a novel quantum spin liquid state that can explain many of the intriguing experimental properties of the low-temperature phase of the organic spin liquid candidate materials. This state of paired fermionic spinons preserves all…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-10-18 Ryan V. Mishmash , James R. Garrison , Samuel Bieri , Cenke Xu

Although magnetically ordered at low temperatures, the spin-1/2 triangular antiferromagnet Cs_2CuCl_4 exhibits remarkable spin dynamics that strongly suggest proximity to a spin liquid phase. Here we address the question of whether a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-29 Jason Alicea , Matthew P. A. Fisher

CuAl2O4 is a normal spinel oxide having quantum spin, S=1/2 for Cu2+. It is a rather unique feature that the Cu2+ ions of CuAl2O4 sit at a tetrahedral position, not like the usual octahedral position for many oxides. At low temperatures, it…