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We report that a possible Z2 quantum spin liquid (QSL) can be observed in a new class of frustrated system: spinor bosons subject to a pi flux in a square lattice. We construct a new class of Ginsburg-Landau (GL) type of effective action to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-05-12 Fadi Sun , Jinwu Ye

Rare-earth triangular-lattice magnets serve as an excellent platform for investigating exotic quantum magnetic phenomena. Recently, the hexaaluminate \cmao\ has been proposed to host a $U(1)$ Dirac quantum spin liquid state with dominant…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-16 Yantao Cao , Huanpeng Bu , Toni Shiroka , Helen C. Walker , Zhendong Fu , Zhaoming Tian , Jinkui Zhao , Hanjie Guo

Ba$_8$CoNb$_6$O$_{24}$ presents a system whose Co$^{2+}$ ions have an effective spin 1/2 and construct a regular triangular-lattice antiferromagnet (TLAFM) with a very large interlayer spacing, ensuring purely two-dimensional character. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-04-17 Y. Cui , J. Dai , P. Zhou , P. S. Wang , T. R. Li , W. H. Song , J. C. Wang , L. Ma , Z. Zhang , S. Y. Li , G. M. Luke , B. Normand , T. Xiang , W. Yu

Quantum magnetism is one of the most active fields for exploring exotic phases and phase transitions. The recently synthesized Na2BaCo(PO4)2 (NBCP) is an ideal material incarnation of the spin-1/2 easy axis triangular lattice…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-27 Dechen Zhang , Yuan Zhu , Guoxin Zheng , Kuan-Wen Chen , Qing Huang , Lingxiao Zhou , Yujie Liu , Kaila Jenkins , Aaron Chan , Haidong Zhou , Lu Li

A triangular lattice selenide series of rare earth (RE), CsRESe2, were synthesized as large single crystals using a flux growth method. This series stabilized in either trigonal (R-3m) or hexagonal (P63/mmc) crystal systems. Physical…

Exactly solvable models play a special role in Condensed Matter physics, serving as secure theoretical starting points for investigation of new phenomena. Changlani et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 117202 (2018)] have discovered a limit of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-06-21 Grgur Palle , Owen Benton

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) represent exotic states of matter where quantum spins interact strongly yet evade long-range magnetic order down to absolute zero. Characterized by non-local quantum entanglement and resultant fractionalized…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-05 Yuji Matsuda , Takasada Shibauchi , Hae-Young Kee

Quantum spin liquids (QSL) are novel phases of matter which remain quantum disordered even at the lowest temperature. They are characterized by emergent gauge fields and fractionalized quasiparticles. Here we show that the sub-Kelvin…

PbCuTe2O6 is a rare example of a spin liquid candidate featuring a three dimensional magnetic lattice. Strong geometric frustration arises from the dominant antiferromagnetic interaction which generates a hyperkagome network of Cu2+ ions…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-03-14 P. Khuntia , F. Bert , P. Mendels , B. Koteswararao , A. V. Mahajan , M. Baenitz , F. C. Chou , C. Baines , A. Amato , Y. Furukawa

The ground state of the quantum spin system kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3 in which antiferromagnetically-interacting S=1/2 spins are located on a nearly equilateral triangular lattice attracts considerable interest both from experimental and…

Arguably the most favorable situation for spins to enter the long-sought quantum spin liquid (QSL) state is when they sit on a kagome lattice. No consensus has been reached in theory regarding the true ground state of this promising…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-01-05 Y. Y. Huang , Y. Xu , Le Wang , C. C. Zhao , C. P. Tu , J. M. Ni , L. S. Wang , B. L. Pan , Ying Fu , Zhanyang Hao , Cai Liu , Jia-Wei Mei , S. Y. Li

The realization of quantum spin liquids (QSLs) in Kitaev magnets represents an intriguing topic in frustrated quantum magnetism. Despite prediction in the pure Kitaev honeycomb model, realization of QSLs in realistic systems and materials…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-11 Han Li , Xu-Guang Zhou , Gang Su , Wei Li

We report neutron scattering, pressure-dependent AC calorimetry, and AC magnetic susceptibility measurements of triangular lattice NaYbSe$_2$. We observe a continuum of scattering, which is reproduced by matrix product simulations, and no…

Recent experiments on the dipolar-octupolar pyrochlore compound Ce$_2$Zr$_2$O$_7$ indicate that it may realize a three-dimensional quantum spin liquid (QSL). In particular, the analyses of available data suggest that the system is in a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-06-30 Félix Desrochers , Li Ern Chern , Yong Baek Kim

Recent experiments on the "hyper-kagome" lattice system Na$_4$Ir$_3$O$_8$ have demonstrated that it is a rare example of a three dimensional spin-1/2 frustrated antiferromagnet. We investigate the role of quantum fluctuations as the primary…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael J. Lawler , Hae-Young Kee , Yong Baek Kim , Ashvin Vishwanath

We report muSR experiments on Mg{x}Cu{4-x}(OH)6Cl2 with x \sim 1, a new material isostructural to Herbertsmithite exhibiting regular kagome planes of spin 1/2 (Cu^{2+}), and therefore a candidate for a spin liquid ground state. We evidence…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-10-06 E. Kermarrec , P. Mendels , F. Bert , R. H. Colman , A. S. Wills , P. Strobel , P. Bonville , A. Hillier , A. Amato

This article is an introductory review of the physics of quantum spin liquid (QSL) states. Quantum magnetism is a rapidly evolving field, and recent developments reveal that the ground states and low-energy physics of frustrated spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-04-21 Yi Zhou , Kazushi Kanoda , Tai-Kai Ng

By using a high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) technique, the antiferromagnetically ordered ($T_N$ = 13.5 K) 6H-A phase of Ba$_3$NiSb$_2$O$_9$ was transformed into two new gapless quantum spin liquid(QSL) candidates with S=1 (Ni$^{2+}$)…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-11-08 J. G. Cheng , G. Li , L. Balicas , J. S. Zhou , J. B. Goodenough , Cenke Xu , H. D. Zhou

Previous studies of the $S=1/2$ triangular-lattice $J_1$--$J_2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet have inferred the existence of a non-magnetic ground-state phase for an intermediate range of $J_2$, but disagree concerning whether it is a gapped…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-17 Shengtao Jiang , Steven R. White , Steven A. Kivelson , Hong-Chen Jiang

The cradle of quantum spin liquids, triangular antiferromagnets show strong proclivity to magnetic order and require deliberate tuning to stabilize a spin-liquid state. In this brief review, we juxtapose recent theoretical developments that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-13 Yuesheng Li , Philipp Gegenwart , Alexander A. Tsirlin