New Toolbox for Elucidating Future Quantum Materials Has Been Achieved…

“With neutron scattering, you sort of nudge a spin so that it flips. This creates a dynamic, like a wake when a ship is sailing through water, which can affect its neighbors and their neighbors,” Tennant explains…

…”Neutron scattering data is measured as a function of energy and wavevector,” says Scheie. “Our breakthrough was to map the spatial and temporal development of the spins using mathematical methods such as a back-Fourier transformation.” Combined with other theoretical methods, the physicists gathered information about interactions between the spin states and their duration and range, as well as insights into the so-called quantum coherence…

…The work demonstrates a new tool box for the analysis of neutron scattering data and might foster a deeper understanding of quantum materials that are relevant for technological use…

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