Neutrons--Quest for QSLs (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neutrons--Quest for QSLs

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Neutrons reveal a striking pattern of connected "bow ties" that is characteristic of the emergent electron motion in the quantum spin liquid state, observed in a three-dimensional material belonging to a class of minerals used in a wide range of technological applications.

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Kemp Plumb/Brown University and Genevieve Martin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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