Untangling Magnetic Chaos: How Fields Restore Order in Frustrated Magnets

New research reveals a surprising rule governing the behavior of quantum magnets on triangular lattices, demonstrating that external magnetic fields can actually restore broken symmetry.
![The study demonstrates that near a quantum critical point, Fisher zeros coalesce into expanding closed loops, with the inverse imaginary part of the rightmost zero scaling linearly with [latex]1-g[/latex], and a divergence in the density of states-manifesting as van Hove singularities-occurs as [latex]g[/latex] approaches zero, evidenced by dispersion relations exhibiting a Luttinger-liquid velocity proportional to [latex]\sqrt{1-g^{2}}[/latex], while a small anisotropy introduces a dependence of [latex]1/\beta_{i0} \sim \sqrt{0.99-g^{2}}[/latex] for open zero lines.](https://arxiv.org/html/2602.05899v1/x4.png)
![The study demonstrates that quasiparticle heating remains sustained over time within a narrow measurement bandwidth when [latex]\Delta_{q}[/latex] is tuned near [latex]2t\cos(q-p)-E_{b,q}[/latex] for [latex]q=2[/latex], suggesting a resonant condition maintains energy within the system.](https://arxiv.org/html/2602.05924v1/narrow_counting_heating.png)
![The study identifies a series of avoided crossing points corresponding to quantum resonances-specifically 1:6, 2:14, 1:8, 2:18, and 1:10-and demonstrates that linear extrapolation of these points at [latex]\hbar=0[/latex] aligns with the bifurcation energies of corresponding classical resonances, suggesting a continuous transition between quantum and classical behavior despite inherent complexities in resonance phenomena.](https://arxiv.org/html/2602.04793v2/x5.png)
