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Quantum spin liquids

CBC. BroholmRJR. J. CavaSAS. A. KivelsonDGD. G. NoceraMRM. R. Norman

Johns Hopkins University · Princeton University · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

Spin liquids are quantum phases of matter with a variety of unusual features arising from their topological character, including "fractionalization"-elementary excitations that behave as fractions of an electron. Although there is not yet universally accepted experimental evidence that establishes that any single material has a spin liquid ground state, in the past few years a number of materials have been shown to exhibit distinctive properties that are expected of a quantum spin liquid. Here, we review theoretical and experimental progress in this area.

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6
  • CB
    C. BroholmCorresponding

    Johns Hopkins University

  • RJ
    R. J. Cava

    Princeton University

  • SA
    S. A. Kivelson

    Stanford University

  • DG
    D. G. Nocera

    Harvard University

  • MR
    M. R. Norman

    Argonne National Laboratory

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Keywords
  • Quantum spin liquid
  • Spin (aerodynamics)
  • Quantum
  • Spin engineering
  • Quantum phases
  • Variety (cybernetics)
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