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Quantum mechanics in a spin

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Quantum spin liquids are exotic states of matter first predicted more than 40 years ago. An inorganic material has properties consistent with these predictions, revealing details about the nature of quantum matter. See Letter p.559

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Figure 1: Identifying a quantum spin liquid.

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  1. Leon Balents is at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.,

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Balents, L. Quantum mechanics in a spin. Nature 540, 534–535 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/540534a

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