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Neutron scattering in the proximate quantum spin liquid α-RuCl 3

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Sighting of magnetic Majorana fermions? Quantum spin liquids—materials whose magnetic spins do not settle into order even at absolute zero temperature—have long captured the interest of physicists. A particularly lofty goal is finding a material that can be described by the so-called Kitaev spin model, a network of spins on a honeycomb lattice that harbors Majorana fermions as its excitations. Banerjee et al. present a comprehensive inelastic neutron scattering study of single crystals of the material α-RuCl 3 , which has been predicted to a host a Kitaev spin liquid. The unusual dependence of the data on energy, momentum, and temperature is consistent with the Kitaev model. Science , this issue p. 1055

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.aah6015

Authors: Arnab Banerjee, Jiaqiang Yan, Johannes Knolle, Craig A. Bridges, Matthew B. Stone, Mark D. Lumsden, David G. Mandrus, David A. Tennant, Roderich Moessner, Stephen E. Nagler

Institutions: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Cambridge, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Awards: G1019100964, G121915436, G1622845419, G1645119126, G203625172, G3019616591, G3559819043, G4423657506, G675320460, David Mandrus Materials Synthesis Investigator Award, G807938293, G8269158468, G936330020, G95408494

OpenAlex ID: W3122188284

FWCI: 34.63

Cites: 53

Cited by: 747

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