Signatures of many-body localization have been observed in a one-dimensional chain of trapped ions, heralding new studies of the interplay between localization and long-range interactions.
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Laumann, C., Yao, N. Localization goes long. Nature Phys 12, 894–895 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3854
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