Hunting Spin Liquids: Checking Out the Terrain and Identifying the Tracks

Explore the fascinating world of spin liquids in this 44-minute conference talk by Leon Balents from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Delve into the terrain and learn to identify the tracks of these elusive quantum states as part of the "Theories, Experiments and Numerics on Gapless Quantum Many-body Systems" conference. Gain insights into deconfined quantum critical points, compressible quantum liquids, gapless quantum states with generalized symmetries, and more. Discover how this talk contributes to resolving discrepancies in numerical simulations, conformal bootstrap, and theoretical efforts in understanding strongly correlated gapless quantum many-body systems. Engage with cutting-edge research on SYK physics, experimental progress in strongly correlated gapless states, and the implications of duality on quantum critical points.