New Insights into Quantum Magnets Have Eluded Thorough Understanding for Nearly 30 Years

Incoming William H. Fairbank Assistant Prof. Sara Haravifard has been featured in a number of publications with regard to her recent research. Her work builds on a fundamental problem in quantum mechanics – the description of a system of interacting spin ½ identical particles – by addressing the question of how a collection of such spins forms an ordered state, with relevance to the fields of quantum magnetism, quantum phase transitions, and exotic superconductivity. See below for a full list of articles.

• Argonne National Laboratory Science Highlight: "How Magnetic Dimers Interact to Create Long-Range Order"; also featured article in PHYS.ORG
• Interview with Oak Ridge National Laboratory: "Pressure tuning of a quantum phase transition in an exotic magnetic material"

Reference to the published paper: S. Haravifard, A. Banerjee, J. van Wezel, D.M. Silevitch, A.M. dos Santos, J.C. Lang, E. Kermarrec, G. Srajer, B.D. Gaulin, J.J. Molaison, H.A. Dabkowska, and T.F. Rosenbaum, "The Emergence of Long-Range Order in Sheets of Magnetic Dimers", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111, 14372 (2014).