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Calculations disagree on whether a narrow spin-liquid phase lies between the two or they meet directly.","posed_since":"","precise":"H = J sum_dimers S_i . S_j + J' sum_<ij> S_i . S_j, $S = 1/2$, Shastry-Sutherland lattice, J the intradimer and J' the interdimer coupling. For $J'/J$ of about 0.76 to 0.83, determine whether a gapless spin-liquid phase separates the plaquette valence-bond solid from the Neel phase or the transition is direct (weakly first order or deconfined critical), and give the phase boundaries. 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