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A quantum spin liquid (QSL) arises from a highly entangled superposition of many degenerate classical ground states in a frustrated magnet, and is characterized by emergent gauge fields and deconfined fractionalized excitations (spinons).…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-24 Bin Gao , Félix Desrochers , David W. Tam , Paul Steffens , Arno Hiess , Yixi Su , Sang-Wook Cheong , Yong Baek Kim , Pengcheng Dai

Entanglement is the hallmark of quantum physics, yet its characterization in interacting many-body systems at thermal equilibrium remains one of the most important challenges in quantum statistical physics. We prove that the Gibbs state of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Ainesh Bakshi , Soonwon Choi , Saúl Pilatowsky-Cameo

We analyze the quantum entanglement at the equilibrium in a class of exactly solvable one-dimensional spin models at finite temperatures and identify a region where the quantum fluctuations determine the behavior of the system. We probe the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. D. Hamieh , M. I. Katsnelson

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

The Kugel--Khomskii model with entangled spin and orbital degrees of freedom is a good testing ground for many important features in quantum information processing, such as robust gaps in the entanglement spectra. Here, we demonstrate that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 V. E. Valiulin , A. V. Mikheyenkov , N. M. Chtchelkatchev , K. I. Kugel

We study the zero-temperature phase diagram of the spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg model with breathing anisotropy (i.e., with different coupling strength on the upward and downward triangles) on the kagome lattice. Our study relies on large…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-01-01 Saeed S. Jahromi , Roman Orus , Didier Poilblanc , Frédéric Mila

We identify fingerprints of a proximate quantum spin-liquid (QSL), observable by finite-temperature dynamical thermal transport within a minimal version of the idealized Kitaev model on a two-leg ladder, if subjected to inevitably present…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-21 Alexandros Metavitsiadis , Christina Psaroudaki , Wolfram Brenig

The measure of quantum entanglement is determined for any dimer, either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic, spin-1/2 Heisenberg systems in the presence of external magnetic field. The physical quantity proposed as a measure of thermal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-09 O. M. Del Cima , D. H. T. Franco , M. M. Silva

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…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-10-11 Zhen Ma , Kejing Ran , Jinghui Wang , Song Bao , Zhengwei Cai , Shichao Li , Jinsheng Wen

Pursuing the exotic quantum spin liquid (QSL) state in the Kitaev material $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ has intrigued great research interest recently. A fascinating question is on the possible existence of field-induced QSL phase in this compound.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-09-14 Xu-Guang Zhou , Han Li , Yasuhiro H. Matsuda , Akira Matsuo , Wei Li , Nobuyuki Kurita , Gang Su , Koichi Kindo , Hidekazu Tanaka

The rare-earth-based geometrically frustrated triangular magnets have attracted considerable attention due to the intricate interplay between strong spin-orbit coupling and the crystal electric field (CEF), which often leads to effective…

Entanglement is the central yet fleeting phenomena of quantum physics. Once being considered a peculiar counter-intuitive property of quantum theory it has developed into the most central element of quantum technology providing speed up to…

A quantum spin liquid (QSL) is an exotic insulating phase with emergent gauge fields and fractionalized excitations. However, the unambiguous demonstration of the existence of a QSL in a "non-engineered" microscopic model (or in any…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-01 Xun Cai , Zhaoyu Han , Zi-Xiang Li , Steven A. Kivelson , Hong Yao

We study entanglement between quantum states of multi level spin system of a single particle considering a nucleus with spin 3/2 in both the internal electric field gradient and the external magnetic field. It was shown that entanglement is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-21 G. B. Furman , V. M. Meerovich , V. L. Sokolovsky

Quantum phase transitions occur at zero temperature and involve the appearance of long-range correlations. These correlations are not due to thermal fluctuations but to the intricate structure of a strongly entangled ground state of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Vidal , J. I. Latorre , E. Rico , A. Kitaev

A quantum spin liquid hosts massive quantum entanglement whose identification is one of the most significant problems in physics. Yet, its detection is known to be notoriously difficult because of featureless properties without a symmetry…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-17 Minsu Park , Masafumi Udagawa , Eun-Gook Moon

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

We study the field dependence of the entanglement of formation in anisotropic S=1/2 antiferromagnetic chains and two-leg ladders displaying a T=0 field-driven quantum phase transition. The analysis is carried out via Quantum Monte Carlo…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tommaso Roscilde , Paola Verrucchi , Andrea Fubini , Stephan Haas , Valerio Tognetti

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) represent an exotic quantum many-body state characterized by the suppression of long-range magnetic order due to strong quantum fluctuations. The kagome spin-1/2 antiferromagnet (AFM) is a prime candidate for…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-24 S. Suetsugu , T. Asaba , S. Ikemori , Y. Sekino , Y. Kasahara , K. Totsuka , B. Li , Y. Zhao , Y. Li , Y. Kohama , Y. Matsuda

We present a comprehensive experimental investigation of the temperature evolution of magnetic states in triangular-lattice delafossite YbCuSe$_2$. Magnetization measurements on high-quality single crystals reveal easy-plane anisotropy.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-08 K. Bhattacharya , Y. Tokiwa , M. Majumder