Abstract: Quantum spin liquids are remarkable phases of matter in which quantum entanglement is, in a precise sense, truly long-ranged. I will describe realization of quantum spin liquid correlations in recent experiments on pumped Rydberg atoms trapped in arrays of optical tweezers. I will also describe how recent theories of quantum spin liquids in metallic states provide a description of photoemission observations in the mysterious “pseudogap” state of the cuprate high temperature superconductors.
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