Sentences with phrase «quantum spin liquid»

The concept of quantum spin liquids was first proposed in 1973, but the first direct evidence for such a material was only found within the last few years.

If the discovery stands, it could open a door to hundreds of yet unknown quantum spin liquid materials that physicists say must exist according to theory and mathematical equations.

The results of his experiments, if corroborated over time, would mean that the type of crystal is a rare new material that can produce an observable quantum spin liquid.

In 2006, physicist Alexei Kitaev developed a solvable theoretical model describing how topologically protected quantum computations could be achieved in a material using quantum spin liquids, or QSLs.

A decade after the original prediction of quantum spin liquid on a honeycomb lattice by Kitaev, the young team of scientists from Boston College succeeded in making a material that almost exactly corresponds to the Kitaev model, Tafti said.

One of the only previously observed apparent quantum spin liquids occurs in a natural crystal called herbertsmithite, an emerald green stone found in 1972 in a mine in Chile.

Continuous excitations of the triangular - lattice quantum spin liquid YbMgGaO4.

Little is rarer than an observable quantum spin liquid, but now, tests reveal that a synthetic crystal with ytterbium as its base may house one at near absolute zero.

A Majorana fermion (bright white, center) creates rippled signatures in a quantum spin liquid as neutrons are fired at a ruthenium trichloride crystal (atomic structure shown to the left).

They suggest the presence of an unusual state of matter known as a quantum spin liquid, which was predicted in this form a decade ago but has never before been observed.

This insulating phase is proposed to be the long - sought «resonating - valence - bond» state or «quantum spin liquid» hypothesized in 1973.

The Kitaev model, proposed in 2006 by Cal Tech Professor of Physics Alexei Kitaev, states that a hexagonal honeycomb structure offered a promising route to geometric frustration and therefore, to quantum spin liquid.

«A quantum spin liquid: Honeycomb lattice meets elusive standards of the Kitaev model.»

In this material, the magnetic elements constantly fluctuate, leading to an exotic state of fluid magnetism called a «quantum spin liquid.»

The theoretical physicists will wrap the data around a mathematical «donut» to confirm whether or not it is a quantum spin liquid.

«At first glance, this material is screaming, «I'm a quantum spin liquid,»» he said.

The possibility of a quantum spin liquid was first demonstrated in the 1930s, but only using atoms placed in a straight line.