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While many-body systems can host long-ranged entangled quantum spin liquids (QSLs), the ingredients for realizing these as ground states can be prohibitively difficult. In many circumstances, one requires (i) a constrained Hilbert space and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-14 Rahul Sahay , Ashvin Vishwanath , Ruben Verresen

The complex interplay between charge and spin dynamics lies at the heart of strongly correlated quantum materials, and it is a fundamental topic in basic research with far reaching technological perspectives. We explore in this paper the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-09 Jens H. Nyhegn , Kristian Knakkergaard Nielsen , Leon Balents , Georg M. Bruun

Numerous experiments on pyrochlore oxides Pr$_2$(Zr, Sn, Hf, Ir)$_2$O$_7$ with non-Kramers Pr$^{3+}$ ions suggest that they support a quantum spin liquid (QSL) ground state, but the precise nature of the QSL remains unclear. Quantum spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-15 Tony An , Félix Desrochers , Yong Baek Kim

Metallization of quantum spin liquid (QSL) materials has long been considered as a potential route to achieve unconventional superconductivity. Here we report our endeavor in this direction by pressurizing a three-dimensional QSL candidate,…

In this work we discuss extensions of the pioneering analysis by Dzyaloshinskii and Larkin of correlation functions for one-dimensional Fermi systems, focusing on the effects of quasiparticle relaxation enabled by a nonlinear dispersion.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Alex Levchenko , Tobias Micklitz

We calculate the spin-drag transresistivity $\rho_{\uparrow \downarrow}(T)$ in a two-dimensional electron gas at temperature $T$ in the random phase approximation. In the low-temperature regime we show that, at variance with the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-24 Irene D'Amico , Giovanni Vignale

We propose an experimental method utilizing a strongly spin-orbit coupled metal to quantum magnet bilayer that will probe quantum magnets lacking long range magnetic order, e.g., quantum spin liquids, via examination of the voltage noise…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-23 Joshua Aftergood , So Takei

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in studies of hydrodynamic transport in electronic systems. We investigate the electron viscosity of metals and find a new component that is closely related to Coulomb drag. Using the linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-06 Yunxiang Liao , Victor Galitski

Dual-species arrays of ultracold neutral atoms have recently attracted increased interest due to the ability to independently control different atomic species and tune the interatomic interactions. This capability provides additional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Ahmed M. Farouk , Ilya I. Beterov , Ghadeer Suliman , Junxi Chen , Igor I. Ryabtsev

The Kitaev model on a honeycomb lattice predicts a paradigmatic quantum spin liquid (QSL) exhibiting Majorana Fermion excitations. The insight that Kitaev physics might be realized in practice has stimulated investigations of candidate…

The most fascinating feature of certain two-dimensional (2D) gapless quantum spin liquid (QSL) is that their spinon excitations behave like the fermionic carriers of a paramagnetic metal. The spinon Fermi surface is then expected to produce…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-17 N. Li , Q. Huang , X. Y. Yue , W. J. Chu , Q. Chen , E. S. Choi , X. Zhao , H. D. Zhou , X. F. Sun

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are highly entangled, disordered magnetic states that arise in frustrated Mott insulators and host exotic fractional excitations such as spinons and chargons. Despite being charge insulators some QSLs are…

The pursuit of quantum spin liquid (QSL) in the Kitaev honeycomb magnets has drawn intensive attention recently. In particular, $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ has been widely recognized as a promising candidate for the Kitaev QSL. Although the compound…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-03-29 Han Li , Wei Li , Gang Su

Recent studies have revealed that the randomness-induced quantum spin liquid (QSL)-like state is stabilized in certain frustrated quantum magnets in two and three dimensions. In order to clarify the nature of this gapless QSL-like state, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-11-24 Kazuki Uematsu , Toshiya Hikihara , Hikaru Kawamura

The quantum spin liquid (QSL) is a highly entangled magnetic state characterized by the absence of static magnetism in its ground state. Instead, the spins fluctuate in a highly correlated way down to the lowest temperatures. The QSL is…

We present the electron tunneling transport and spectroscopic characters of a superconducting {\it Josephson} junction with a barrier of single anisotropic Kitaev quantum spin liquid (QSL) layer. We find that the dynamical spin correlation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-10 Shi-Qing Jia , Ya-Min Quan , Hai-Qing Lin , Liang-Jian Zou

We develop a quantum simulation-based approach for studying properties of strongly correlated magnetic materials at increasing scale. We consider a paradigmatic example of a quantum spin liquid (QSL) state hosted by the honeycomb Kitaev…

The quest for quantum spin liquids has garnered significant attention due to their rich physics and disruptive prospects in quantum communication and computation. Spin-orbit coupling, electron correlation, and structural distortion play…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-24 Deepak K Roy , Mukul Kabir

A quantum spin liquid (QSL) is a state of matter characterized by fractionalized quasiparticle excitations, quantum entanglement, and a lack of long-range magnetic order. However, QSLs have evaded definitive experimental observation.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-31 Sangyun Lee , Andrew J. Woods , Minseong Lee , Shengzhi Zhang , Eun Sang Choi , A. O. Scheie , D. A. Tennant , J. Xing , A. S. Sefat , R. Movshovich

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