Dirac Spin Liquid Candidate in a Rydberg Quantum Simulator

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14323v1
• Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:14:41 GMT
• Title: Dirac Spin Liquid Candidate in a Rydberg Quantum Simulator
• Authors: Guillaume Bornet, Marcus Bintz, Cheng Chen, Gabriel Emperauger, Daniel Barredo, Shubhayu Chatterjee, Vincent S. Liu, Thierry Lahaye, Michael P. Zaletel, Norman Y. Yao, Antoine Browaeys,
• Abstract summary: We experimentally investigate a frustrated spin-exchange antiferromagnet in a quantum simulator composed of N = 114 dipolar Rydberg atoms arranged into a kagome array.<n>Motivated by a recent theoretical proposal of a gapless U(1) Dirac spin liquid ground state, we use local addressing to adiabatically prepare low-energy states.<n>Our results establish Rydberg atom arrays as a promising platform for the preparation and microscopic characterization of quantum spin liquid candidates.
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• Abstract: We experimentally investigate a frustrated spin-exchange antiferromagnet in a quantum simulator, composed of N = 114 dipolar Rydberg atoms arranged into a kagome array. Motivated by a recent theoretical proposal of a gapless U(1) Dirac spin liquid ground state, we use local addressing to adiabatically prepare low-energy states. We measure the local polarization and spin-spin correlations over this adiabatic protocol, and observe our system move from a staggered product state, through an intermediate magnetic crystal, and finally into a disordered, correlated liquid. We estimate the entropy density of this atomic liquid to be similar to that of frustrated magnetic insulators at liquid nitrogen temperatures. We compare the correlations in our liquid to those of a simple, parameter-free ansatz for the Dirac spin liquid, and find good agreement in the sign structure and spatial decay. Finally, we probe the static susceptibility of our system to a local field perturbation and to a geometrical distortion. Our results establish Rydberg atom arrays as a promising platform for the preparation and microscopic characterization of quantum spin liquid candidates.

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