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By tuning the spin polarization, we track the evolution of these states toward the unpolarized sector, where we observe the emergence of\n                    <a:math xmlns:a=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\">\n                      <a:mrow>\n                        <a:msqrt>\n                          <a:mrow>\n                            <a:mn>3<\/a:mn>\n                          <\/a:mrow>\n                        <\/a:msqrt>\n                        <a:mo>\u00d7<\/a:mo>\n                        <a:msqrt>\n                          <a:mrow>\n                            <a:mn>3<\/a:mn>\n                          <\/a:mrow>\n                        <\/a:msqrt>\n                      <\/a:mrow>\n                    <\/a:math>\n                    antiferromagnetic correlation reminiscent of the classical Potts and Heisenberg models on the kagome lattice. 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