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 …

Quantum spin liquid states

Y Zhou, K Kanoda, TK Ng - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
This is an introductory review of the physics of quantum spin liquid states. Quantum
magnetism is a rapidly evolving field, and recent developments reveal that the ground states …

Anisotropic field-induced ordering in the triangular-lattice quantum spin liquid

KM Ranjith, S Luther, T Reimann, B Schmidt… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
High-quality single crystals of NaYbSe 2, which resembles a perfect triangular-lattice
antiferromagnet without intrinsic disorder, are investigated by magnetization and specific …

Spin-liquid-like state in a spin-1/2 square-lattice antiferromagnet perovskite induced by d10d0 cation mixing

O Mustonen, S Vasala, E Sadrollahi, KP Schmidt… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A quantum spin liquid state has long been predicted to arise in spin-1/2 Heisenberg square-
lattice antiferromagnets at the boundary region between Néel (nearest-neighbor interaction …

Correlated impurities and intrinsic spin-liquid physics in the kagome material herbertsmithite

TH Han, MR Norman, JJ Wen, JA Rodriguez-Rivera… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Low energy inelastic neutron scattering on single crystals of the kagome spin-liquid
compound ZnCu 3 (OD) 6 Cl 2 (herbertsmithite) reveals antiferromagnetic correlations …

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 …

Quantum magnetism in minerals

DS Inosov - Advances in Physics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The discovery of magnetism by the ancient Greeks was enabled by the natural occurrence of
lodestone–a magnetized version of the mineral magnetite. Nowadays, natural minerals …

Emergence of spin singlets with inhomogeneous gaps in the kagome lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnets Zn-barlowite and herbertsmithite

J Wang, W Yuan, PM Singer, RW Smaha, W He… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The kagome Heisenberg antiferromagnet formed by frustrated spins arranged in a lattice of
corner-sharing triangles is a prime candidate for hosting a quantum spin liquid (QSL) ground …

Nature of the randomness-induced quantum spin liquids in two dimensions

H Kawamura, K Uematsu - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The nature of the randomness-induced quantum spin liquid state, the random-singlet state,
is investigated in two dimensions (2D) by means of the exact-diagonalization and the Hams …

Spin liquids in geometrically perfect triangular antiferromagnets

Y Li, P Gegenwart, AA Tsirlin - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The cradle of quantum spin liquids, triangular antiferromagnets show strong proclivity to
magnetic order and require deliberate tuning to stabilize a spin-liquid state. In this brief …