ct.qmat 21 Auf der Suche nach „neuer Physik“ In search of “new physics” ct.qmat bündelt Exzellenz und die Stärken vieler toller Forscherinnen und Forscher, die gemeinsam über den Tellerrand schauen und an Ergebnissen arbeiten, die sie gemeinsam erreichen können. Grundlagenforschung ist nicht vorhersagbar, aber die richtigen Personen zusammenzubringen als Voraussetzung für bahnbrechende Erkenntnisse – das ist ein sehr guter Ansatzpunkt." ct.qmat combines excellence with the strengths of many brilliant researchers who think outside the box and work together to achieve results. Although pure research is unpredictable, bringing the right people together is the first step to scientific breakthroughs, and that’s a great way to start." Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden Roderich Moessner Novel states: Scientists at ct.qmat are seeking magnetic compounds that display surprising phenomena and function in keeping with previously unknown principles. One example is spin liquids – “fundamentally new states of matter of topological magnets that have no apparent order,” according to Roderich Moessner from the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme in Dresden, one of the founding members of ct.qmat and winner of the 2013 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his work on magnetic monopoles. “Spin liquids might open up different ways for us to couple electric fields to magnetism – and that would be a starting point for new technologies.” However, concrete applications are still many years off, he adds. One of the materials being studied for unique characteristics for “new physics” at ct.qmat in Dresden is ruthenium trichloride (RuCl3). Experiments have revealed evidence of exotic excitations known as “Majorana fermions,” as is to be expected for a particular kind of spin liquid.
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