Can a Spin Liquid State Persist as the Ground State in the Presence of Competing Interactions and Disorder?
Abstract
In this report, we have shown that, in an otherwise geometrically frustrated lattice, the underlying interactions compete to stabilize different magnetic phases. In conjunction with fluctuations, these interactions may lead to the formation of unusual ordered phases, providing a pathway for understanding the fluctuation-driven order-by-disorder phenomenon. This competition is further modified by the presence of inherent structural disorder in a frustrated two-dimensional lattice. Furthermore, due to the local nature of the additional structural disorder, the majority of the samples evolve toward glassy dynamics, which can not only mimic spin-liquid-like behavior but also make it difficult to identify genuine spin-liquid candidates experimentally.
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BibTeX
@misc{mukherjee2026spin,
title = {{Can a Spin Liquid State Persist as the Ground State in the Presence of Competing Interactions and Disorder?}},
author = {Sumanta Mukherjee},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2608.28998},
eprint = {2608.28998},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28998},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Can a Spin Liquid State Persist as the Ground State in the Presence of Competing Interactions and Disorder?
AU - Sumanta Mukherjee
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/29
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2608.28998
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28998
AB - In this report, we have shown that, in an otherwise geometrically frustrated lattice, the underlying interactions compete to stabilize different magnetic phases. In conjunction with fluctuations, these interactions may lead to the formation of unusual ordered phases, providing a pathway for understanding the fluctuation-driven order-by-disorder phenomenon. This competition is further modified by the presence of inherent structural disorder in a frustrated two-dimensional lattice. Furthermore, due to the local nature of the additional structural disorder, the majority of the samples evolve toward glassy dynamics, which can not only mimic spin-liquid-like behavior but also make it difficult to identify genuine spin-liquid candidates experimentally.
ER -