Classification of symmetry fractionalization in gapped $\mathbb Z_2$ spin liquids
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2018-03-21 v3
Abstract
In quantum spin liquids, fractional spinon excitations carry half-integer spins and other fractional quantum numbers of lattice and time-reversal symmetries. Different patterns of symmetry fractionalization distinguish different spin liquid phases. In this work, we derive a general constraint on the symmetry fractionalization of spinons in a gapped spin liquid, realized in a system with an odd number of spin- per unit cell. In particular, when applied to kagome/triangular lattices, we obtain a complete classification of symmetric gapped spin liquids.
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@article{arxiv.1606.04544,
title = {Classification of symmetry fractionalization in gapped $\mathbb Z_2$ spin liquids},
author = {Yang Qi and Meng Cheng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.04544},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
11 pages, 4 figures. v2 published version: minor revisions, and journal reference added