3D Representation of the Spin-Excitation Continuum of Cerium Zirconium Pyrochlore (IMAGE)

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3D Representation of the Spin-Excitation Continuum of Cerium Zirconium Pyrochlore

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A 3D representation of the spin-excitation continuum -- a possible hallmark of a quantum spin liquid -- observed in a single crystal sample of cerium zirconium pyrochlore in experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Inelastic neutron-scattering experiments at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source revealed spin-excitation continua in samples of cerium zirconium pyrochlore that were cooled as low 35 millikelvin. (Image by Tong Chen/Rice University)

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