Survival of itinerant excitations and quantum spin state transitions in YbMgGaO4 with chemical disorder

X Rao, G Hussain, Q Huang, WJ Chu, N Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A recent focus of quantum spin liquid (QSL) studies is how disorder/randomness in a QSL
candidate affects its true magnetic ground state. The ultimate question is whether the QSL …

Topological characterization of Lieb-Schultz-Mattis constraints and applications to symmetry-enriched quantum criticality

W Ye, M Guo, YC He, C Wang, L Zou - SciPost Physics, 2022 - scipost.org
Abstract Lieb-Schultz-Mattis (LSM) theorems provide powerful constraints on the emergibility
problem, ie whether a quantum phase or phase transition can emerge in a many-body …

Two-dimensional quantum universality in the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice quantum antiferromagnet Na2BaCo(PO4)2

J Sheng, L Wang, A Candini, W Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
An interplay of geometrical frustration and strong quantum fluctuations in a spin-1/2
triangular-lattice antiferromagnet (TAF) can lead to exotic quantum states. Here, we report …

Possible itinerant excitations and quantum spin state transitions in the effective spin-1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Na2BaCo(PO4)2

N Li, Q Huang, XY Yue, WJ Chu, Q Chen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and anisotropic magnetism in quantum spin liquid candidates AYbSe2 (A= K and Rb)

J Xing, LD Sanjeewa, AF May, AS Sefat - APL Materials, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The quantum spin liquid (QSL) state in rare-earth triangular lattices has attracted much
attention recently due to its potential application in quantum computing and communication …

Anisotropic exchange coupling and ground state phase diagram of Kitaev compound YbOCl

Z Zhang, Y Cai, J Kang, Z Ouyang, Z Zhang… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Rare-earth chalcohalide RECh X (RE= rare earth; Ch= O, S, Se, Te; X= F, Cl, Br, I) is a newly
reported family of Kitaev spin liquid candidates. The family offers a platform where a strong …

Effective magnetic Hamiltonian at finite temperatures for rare-earth chalcogenides

Z Zhang, J Li, W Liu, Z Zhang, J Ji, F Jin, R Chen… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Alkali-metal rare-earth chalcogenide AREC h 2 (A= alkali or monovalent metal, RE= rare
earth, Ch= O, S, Se, Te) is a large family of quantum spin liquid candidates we discovered …

Low-energy spin dynamics of the quantum spin liquid candidate

Z Zhang, J Li, M Xie, W Zhuo, DT Adroja, PJ Baker… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
The family of rare-earth chalcogenides A RECh 2 (A= alkali or monovalent ions, RE= rare
earth, and Ch= O, S, Se, and Te) appears as an inspiring playground for studying quantum …

Persistent spin dynamics in the pressurized spin-liquid candidate

M Majumder, G Simutis, IE Collings, JC Orain… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Single-crystal x-ray diffraction, density functional band structure calculations, and muon spin
relaxation (μ SR) are used to probe the pressure evolution of the triangular spin-liquid …

Field evolution of the spin-liquid candidate

S Bachus, IA Iakovlev, Y Li, A Wörl, Y Tokiwa, L Ling… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We report magnetization, heat capacity, thermal expansion, and magnetostriction
measurements down to millikelvin temperatures on the triangular antiferromagnet Yb Mg Ga …