Scientific Achievement: Researchers uncovered giant phonon anomalies that are a signature of fractional excitations in a quantum spin liquid, α-RuCl3.
Significance and Impact: This experimental work for the first time validates phonons as a sensitive probe of hidden fractional and non-local excitations, which may advance quantum information science.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23826-1.
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