Destabilization of magnetic order in a dilute Kitaev spin liquid candidate

P. Lampen-Kelley, A. Banerjee, A. A. Aczel +6

The insulating honeycomb magnet $\alpha$-RuCl${}_3$ exhibits fractionalized excitiations that signal its proximity to a Kitaev quantum spin liquid (QSL) state, however, at $T=0$, fragil…