Spinon Phonon Interaction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Quantum Spin Liquids

Several experimental candidates for quantum spin liquids have been discovered in the past few years which appear to support gapless fermionic S=1/2 excitations called spinons. The spinons may form a Fermi sea coupled to a U(1) gauge field, and may undergo a pairing instability. We show that despite...

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Main Authors: Zhou, Yi (Author), Lee, Patrick A. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2011-06-16T20:51:03Z.
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