  Extensions of the Shastry-Sutherland model are possible in various ways. In
particular, it is possible to construct a natural model in three dimensions
which has the exact dimer ground state. Recently found spin gap system
SrCu_2(BO_3)_2 has this structure. The exchange constants between the layers is
expected to be smaller than the intra-layer couplings. However, the exactness
of the dimer state for the three dimensional structure is important to
understand why magnetic properties of SrCu_2(BO_3)_2 are described well by the
two dimensional model.

Strongly Correlated Electrons