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This study advances the understanding of topological quantum spin liquids by demonstrating how emergent gauge fields induce destructive interference that flattens spinon excitations in kagome ice. The computational breakthrough involving exact diagonalization up to 63 sites provides a detailed mapping of these many-body wave functions, offering new insights into magnetization behaviors in antiferromagnets. These findings are critical for identifying fractional excitations and decoding the complex interplay between gauge fields and emergent phenomena in condensed matter physics.
63-Site Study Shares Caging Effect on Quantum Spinon Spectrum

A 63-site study reveals “caging” effects—destructive interference from emergent gauge fields—flattening the spinon excitations in kagome ice.
Masafumi Udagawa of Gakushuin University and Roderich Moessner of the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme combined calculations on systems up to 63 sites with analytical modeling to study spinon excitations…
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