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Zhiling Dun, Xiaojian Bai, Joseph A. M. Paddison, Emily Hollingworth, Nicholas P. Butch, Clarina D. Cruz, Matthew B. Stone, Tao Hong, Franz Demmel, Martin Mourigal, Haidong Zhou
Abstract
, hyperfine interactions dramatically alter the single-ion and collective properties, and suppress possible quantum correlations, rendering the fragmentation with predominantly single-ion quantum fluctuations. Our results highlight the crucial role played by hyperfine interactions in frustrated quantum magnets and motivate further investigations of the role of quantum fluctuations on partially ordered magnetic states.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsCondensed matter physicsSpin iceQuantumHyperfine structureSpin engineeringMagnetic dipoleQuantum mechanicsOptical latticeFrustrationIsing modelQuantum fluctuationQuantum spin liquidQuantum phasesQuantum phase transitionMagnetic fieldSpin (aerodynamics)Quantum stateSpinsInelastic neutron scatteringNeutron scatteringMagnetic momentMacroscopic quantum phenomenaMagnetismDipoleHamiltonian (control theory)Quantum simulatorQuantum dynamicsSpin statesQuantum Monte CarloAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsTopological Materials and PhenomenaIron-based superconductors research