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Topological states of matter such as quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are of great interest because of their remarkable predicted properties including protection of quantum information and the emergence of Majorana fermions. Such QSLs, however,…

Quantum spin liquid represents an intriguing state where electron spins are highly entangled yet spin fluctuation persists even at 0 K. Recently, the hexaaluminates \textit{R}MgAl$_{11}$O$_{19}$ (\textit{R} = rare earth) have been proposed…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-04-01 Yantao Cao , Akihiro Koda , M. D. Le , V. Pomjakushin , Benqiong Liu , Zhendong Fu , Zhiwei Li , Jinkui Zhao , Zhaoming Tian , Hanjie Guo

Quantum spin-orbital liquids (QSOLs) are a novel phase of matter, similar to quantum spin liquids, with quantum fluctuations in both spin and orbital degrees of freedom. We use non-equilibrium Green's function theory to study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Zekun Zhuang , J. B. Marston

Spin-$1/2$ kagome antiferromagnets are leading candidates for realizing quantum spin liquid (QSL) ground states. While QSL ground states are predicted for the pure Heisenberg model, understanding the robustness of the QSL to additional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-16 Shengtao Jiang , Arthur C. Campello , Wei He , Jiajia Wen , Daniel M. Pajerowski , Young S. Lee , Hong-Chen Jiang

Optically accessible solid state defect spins serve as a primary platform for quantum information processing, where precise control of the electron spin and ancillary nuclear spins is essential for operation. Using the nitrogen-vacancy (NV)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-12 Gergő Thiering , Adam Gali

Quantum spin liquid (QSL) has become an exciting topic in interacting spin systems that do not order magnetically down to the lowest experimentally accessible temperature; however, conclusive experimental evidence remains lacking. Motivated…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-26 Saikat Banerjee , Wei Zhu , Shi-Zeng Lin

Quantum spin liquids may be considered "quantum disordered" ground states of spin systems, in which zero point fluctuations are so strong that they prevent conventional magnetic long range order. More interestingly, quantum spin liquids are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-02-21 Lucile Savary , Leon Balents

We study the spin-$1/2$ Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice with the antiferromagnetic first ($J_1$) and second ($J_2$) nearest-neighbor interactions using density matrix renormalization group. By studying the spin correlation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-10-07 Wen-Jun Hu , Shou-Shu Gong , Wei Zhu , D. N. Sheng

In optical lattices attractive ultracold fermions with three hyperfine-spin components (colors) can form three fermionic configurations depending on interactions: unbound fermion, on-site trion and off-site trion, leading to the coexistence…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-02-11 Xiang Li , Yu Wang

In this paper, we study the non-magnetic insulator state near Mott transition of 2D pi-flux Hubbard model on square lattice and find that such non-magnetic insulator state is quantum spin liquid state with nodal fermionic excitations -…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-13 Su-Peng Kou , Lan-Feng Liu , Jing He , Ya-Jie Wu

We investigate the nature of quantum spin liquid (QSL) phase of the spin-$1/2$ nearest-neighbor XXZ antiferromagnet on the kagome lattice. Recent numerical calculations suggest that such a kagome spin liquid is insensitive to the XXZ…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-11-22 Yin-Chen He , Yohei Fuji , Subhro Bhattacharjee

Gapless fracton quantum spin liquids are exotic phases of matter described by higher-rank U(1) gauge theories which host gapped and immobile fracton matter excitations as well as gapless photons. Despite well-known field theories, no spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-12 Nils Niggemann , Meghadeepa Adhikary , Yannik Schaden-Thillmann , Johannes Reuther

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are fluid-like states of quantum spins where its long-range ordered state is destroyed by quantum fluctuations. The ground state of QSL and its exotic phenomena, which have been extensively discussed for decades,…

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Quantum spin liquids (QSL) have generated considerable excitement as phases of matter with emergent gauge structures and fractionalized excitations. In this context, phase transitions out of QSLs have been widely discussed as Higgs…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-15 Hyeok-Jun Yang , Nic Shannon , SungBin Lee

We study dynamical spin structure factor (DSSF) of S = 1/2 Heisenberg model on the kagome lattice (KAFM) by means of density-matrix renormalization group. By comparison with the well-defined magnetic ordered state and chiral spin liquid…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-22 W. Zhu , Shou-Shu Gong , D. N. Sheng

The $S=1/2$ antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain is a paradigmatic quantum system hosting exotic excitations such as spinons and solitons, and forming random singlet state in the presence of quenched disorder. Realizing and distinguishing…

Quantum spin liquids (QSL) are phases of matter which are distinguished not by the symmetries they break, but rather by the patterns of entanglement within them. Although these entanglement properties have been widely discussed for ground…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-10 Snigdh Sabharwal , Matthias Gohlke , Paul Skrzypczyk , Nic Shannon

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

Experimental identification of quantum spin liquids remains a challenge, as the pristine nature is to be seen in asymptotically low temperatures. We here theoretically show that the precursor of quantum spin liquids appears in the spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-12 Junki Yoshitake , Joji Nasu , Yukitoshi Motome

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) represent a novel state of matter in which quantum fluctuations prevent conventional magnetic order from being established, and the spins remain disordered even at zero temperature. There have been many…

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