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

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  • Yao Shen

    (Fudan University)

  • Yao-Dong Li

    (School of Computer Science, Fudan University)

  • Hongliang Wo

    (Fudan University)

  • Yuesheng Li

    (Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials and Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China)

  • Shoudong Shen

    (Fudan University)

  • Bingying Pan

    (Fudan University)

  • Qisi Wang

    (Fudan University)

  • H. C. Walker

    (ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC)

  • P. Steffens

    (Institut Laue-Langevin)

  • M. Boehm

    (Institut Laue-Langevin)

  • Yiqing Hao

    (Fudan University)

  • D. L. Quintero-Castro

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie)

  • L. W. Harriger

    (NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology)

  • M. D. Frontzek

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Lijie Hao

    (Neutron Scattering Laboratory, China Institute of Atomic Energy)

  • Siqin Meng

    (Neutron Scattering Laboratory, China Institute of Atomic Energy)

  • Qingming Zhang

    (Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials and Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures)

  • Gang Chen

    (Fudan University
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
    Center for Field Theory and Particle Physics, Fudan University)

  • Jun Zhao

    (Fudan University
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures)

Abstract

A spin excitation continuum across a large region of the Brillouin zone that persists at near-zero temperatures provides evidence for a quantum spin liquid state with a spinon Fermi surface in YbMgGaO4.

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  • Yao Shen & Yao-Dong Li & Hongliang Wo & Yuesheng Li & Shoudong Shen & Bingying Pan & Qisi Wang & H. C. Walker & P. Steffens & M. Boehm & Yiqing Hao & D. L. Quintero-Castro & L. W. Harriger & M. D. Fro, 2016. "Evidence for a spinon Fermi surface in a triangular-lattice quantum-spin-liquid candidate," Nature, Nature, vol. 540(7634), pages 559-562, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:540:y:2016:i:7634:d:10.1038_nature20614
    DOI: 10.1038/nature20614
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    1. Quanzhen Zhang & Wen-Yu He & Yu Zhang & Yaoyao Chen & Liangguang Jia & Yanhui Hou & Hongyan Ji & Huixia Yang & Teng Zhang & Liwei Liu & Hong-Jun Gao & Thomas A. Jung & Yeliang Wang, 2024. "Quantum spin liquid signatures in monolayer 1T-NbSe2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
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