Quantum spin liquids

C Broholm, RJ Cava, SA Kivelson, DG Nocera… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Years ago, Lev Landau taught us how to think about distinct phases of
matter through an order parameter that characterizes the symmetry-broken state relative to …

A field guide to spin liquids

J Knolle, R Moessner - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Spin liquids are collective phases of quantum matter that have eluded discovery in
correlated magnetic materials for over half a century. Theoretical models of these enigmatic …

Proximate spin liquid and fractionalization in the triangular antiferromagnet KYbSe2

AO Scheie, EA Ghioldi, J **ng, JAM Paddison… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
The Heisenberg triangular-lattice quantum spin liquid and its phase transitions to nearby
magnetic orders have received much theoretical attention, but clear experimental …

Evidence for a spinon Fermi surface in a triangular-lattice quantum-spin-liquid candidate

Y Shen, YD Li, H Wo, Y Li, S Shen, B Pan, Q Wang… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
A quantum spin liquid is an exotic quantum state of matter in which spins are highly
entangled and remain disordered down to zero temperature. Such a state of matter is …

Field-tunable quantum disordered ground state in the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet NaYbO2

MM Bordelon, E Kenney, C Liu, T Hogan, L Posthuma… - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Antiferromagnetically coupled S= 1/2 spins on an isotropic triangular lattice are the
paradigm of frustrated quantum magnetism, but structurally ideal realizations are rare. Here …

Valence Bonds in Random Quantum Magnets: Theory and Application to

I Kimchi, A Nahum, T Senthil - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
We analyze the effect of quenched disorder on spin-1/2 quantum magnets in which
magnetic frustration promotes the formation of local singlets. Our results include a theory for …

Chemistry of quantum spin liquids

JR Chamorro, TM McQueen, TT Tran - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Quantum spin liquids are an exciting playground for exotic physical phenomena and
emergent many-body quantum states. The realization and discovery of quantum spin liquid …

Disorder-Induced Mimicry of a Spin Liquid in

Z Zhu, PA Maksimov, SR White, AL Chernyshev - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
We suggest that a randomization of the pseudodipolar interaction in the spin-orbit-generated
low-energy Hamiltonian of YbMgGaO 4 due to an inhomogeneous charge environment from …

Experimental signatures of quantum and topological states in frustrated magnetism

J Khatua, B Sana, A Zorko, M Gomilšek, K Sethupathi… - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Frustration in magnetic materials arising from competing exchange interactions can prevent
the system from adopting long-range magnetic order and can instead lead to a diverse …

Rare-earth chalcogenides: A large family of triangular lattice spin liquid candidates

W Liu, Z Zhang, J Ji, Y Liu, J Li, X Wang… - Chinese Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Frustrated quantum magnets are expected to host many exotic quantum spin states like
quantum spin liquid (QSL), and have attracted numerous interest in modern condensed …