Spinons and damped phonons in spin-1/2 quantum-liquid Ba${}_4$Ir${}_3$O${}_{10}$ observed by Raman scattering

Aaron Sokolik, Sami Hakani, Susmita Roy +5

In spin-1/2 Mott insulators, non-magnetic quantum liquid phases are often argued to arise when the system shows no magnetic ordering, but identifying positive signatures of these p…