Spin-excitation continuum of Ce2Zr2O7 (IMAGE)

Rice University

Spin-excitation continuum of Ce2Zr2O7

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A 3D representation of the spin-excitation continuum -- a possible hallmark of a quantum spin liquid -- observed in 2019 in a single crystal sample of cerium zirconium pyrochlore.

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Tong Chen/Rice University

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