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Kitaev's exact solution approximated

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For 25 years of condensed matter science, physicists have searched for a material that realizes a macroscopic quantum state of matter: the quantum spin liquid. Recent experiments show that a necessary interaction may be found in a family of hexagonal ruthenium-based materials.

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Figure 1: Kitaev's quantum spin liquid.

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Armitage, N. Kitaev's exact solution approximated. Nature Mater 15, 701–702 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4667

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