Journal article
Ground state selection under pressure in the quantum pyrochlore magnet Yb2Ti2O7
Abstract
A quantum spin liquid is a state of matter characterized by quantum entanglement and the absence of any broken symmetry. In condensed matter, the frustrated rare-earth pyrochlore magnets Ho2Ti2O7 and Dy2Ti2O7, so-called spin ices, exhibit a classical spin liquid state with fractionalized thermal excitations (magnetic monopoles). Evidence for a quantum spin ice, in which the magnetic monopoles become long range entangled and an emergent quantum …
Authors
Kermarrec E; Gaudet J; Fritsch K; Khasanov R; Guguchia Z; Ritter C; Ross KA; Dabkowska HA; Gaulin BD
Journal
Nature Communications, Vol. 8, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/ncomms14810
ISSN
2041-1723