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Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-01 Jeffrey G. Rau , Michel J. P. Gingras

The spin-1/2 kagom\'{e} Heisenberg antiferromagnet is generally accepted as one of the most promising two-dimensional models to realize a quantum spin liquid state. Previous experimental efforts were almost exclusively on only one…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-12-28 Xiaochen Hong , Mahdi Behnami , Long Yuan , Boqiang Li , Wolfram Brenig , Bernd Büchner , Yuesheng Li , Christian Hess

Trillium lattices, where magnetic ions form a three-dimensional chiral network of corner-sharing equilateral triangular motifs, offer a prominent platform to explore exotic quantum states. In this work, we report ground-state properties of…

We propose a theoretical model for a gapless spin liquid phase that may have been observed in a recent experiment on $\mathrm{H_3Li Ir_2 O_6}$. Despite the insulating and non-magnetic nature of the material, the specific heat coefficient…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-29 Kevin Slagle , Wonjune Choi , Li Ern Chern , Yong Baek Kim

The quantum spin liquid (QSL) state is an exotic state of matter featuring a high degree of entanglement and lack of long-range magnetic order in the zero-temperature limit. The triangular antiferromagnet YbMgGaO4 is a candidate QSL host,…

A spin liquid is a new state of matter with topological order where the spin moments continue to fluctuate coherently down to the lowest temperatures rather than develop static long-range magnetic order as found in conventional magnets. For…

The Kitaev quantum spin liquid (KSL) is a theoretically predicted state of matter whose fractionalized quasiparticles are distinct from bosonic magnons, the fundamental excitation in ordered magnets. The layered honeycomb antiferromagnet…

Strongly enhanced quantum fluctuations often lead to a rich variety of quantum-disordered states. A representative case is liquid helium, in which zero-point vibrations of the helium atoms prevent its solidification at low temperatures. A…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-02-07 M. Shimozawa , K. Hashimoto , A. Ueda , Y. Suzuki , K. Sugii , S. Yamada , Y. Imai , R. Kobayashi , K. Itoh , S. Iguchi , M. Naka , S. Ishihara , H. Mori , T. Sasaki , M. Yamashita

The kagome lattice, with its unique geometric structure, has emerged as a leading platform for exploring quantum many-body physics, particularly in the study of quantum spin liquids (QSLs) and unconventional superconductivity. This review…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-19 Li-Wei He , Shun-Li Yu , Jian-Xin Li

Inspired by the recent theoretical suggestion that the random-bond $S=1/2$ antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on the triangular and the kagome lattices might exhibit a randomness-induced quantum spin liquid (QSL) behavior when the strength…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-10-28 Tokuro Shimokawa , Ken Watanabe , Hikaru Kawamura

Frustrated pyrochlore lattices in transition-metal oxides provide an ideal platform for realizing exotic quantum states, including spin liquids with unconventional low-energy excitations arising from the macroscopic ground-state degeneracy…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-26 Satish Kumar , U. Jena , A. Bandhopadhay , G. B. G. Stenning , D. T. Adroja , S. Petit , P. Khuntia

Quantum spin systems such as magnetic insulators usually show classical magnetic order, but such classical states can give way to quantum liquids with exotic entanglement through two known mechanisms of frustration: geometric frustration in…

General conditions in which disordered, spin liquid, and valence-bond ordered phases occur in quantum Ising antiferromagnets are studied using the prototype Kagome lattice spin models. A range of quantum dynamical processes in the Ising…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-07-16 Predrag Nikolic

On a lattice composed of triangular plaquettes where antiferromagnetic exchange interactions between localized spins cannot be simultaneously satisfied, the system becomes geometrically frustrated with magnetically disordered phases…

We demonstrate that the new single crystal of YCu$_3$[OH(D)]$_{6.5}$Br$_{2.5}$ (YCOB) is a kagome Heisenberg antiferromagnet (KHA) without evident orphan spins ($\ll$ 0.8\%). The site mixing between polar OH$^-$ and non-polar Br$^-$ causes…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-02-10 Jiabin Liu , Long Yuan , Xuan Li , Boqiang Li , Kan Zhao , Haijun Liao , Yuesheng Li

We introduce the rare-earth delafossite compound TlYbSe$_2$ -- extending the search for quantum spin liquids in frustrated triangular lattice magnets. While the DC magnetisation suggests magnetic exchange interactions in the order of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-16 Bishnu P. Belbase , Arjun Unnikrishnan , Shi Feng , Eun Sang Choi , Johannes Knolle , Arnab Banerjee

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

New physics can emerge in magnetic materials where quantum fluctuations are enhanced due to reduced dimensionality and strong frustration. One long sought example is the resonating-valence-bond (RVB) state, where atomic magnetic moments are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-07-19 Tian-Heng Han , Joel S. Helton , Shaoyan Chu , Daniel G. Nocera , Jose A. Rodriguez-Rivera , Collin Broholm , Young S. Lee

Thermodynamic quantities and correlation functions (CFs) of the classical antiferromagnet on the kagom\'e lattice are studied for the exactly solvable infinite-component spin-vector model, D \to \infty. In this limit, the critical coupling…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. A. Garanin , Benjamin Canals

Quantum spin liquids are exotic many-body states featured with long-range entanglement and fractional anyon quasiparticles. Quantum phase transitions of spin liquids are particularly interesting problems related with novel phenomena of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-19 Kyusung Hwang