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Non-Abelian Statistics in a Quantum Antiferromagnet

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-06-09 v1

Abstract

We propose a novel spin liquid state for a spin S=1 antiferromagnet in two dimensions. The ground state violates P and T, is a spin-singlet, and is fully invariant under the lattice symmetries. The spinon and holon excitations are deconfined and obey non-abelian statistics. We present preliminary numerical evidence that the universality class of this topological liquid can be stabilized by a local Hamiltonian involving three-spin interactions. We conjecture that spinons in spin liquids with spin larger than 1/2 obey non-abelian statistics in general.

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@article{arxiv.0903.4547,
  title  = {Non-Abelian Statistics in a Quantum Antiferromagnet},
  author = {Martin Greiter and Ronny Thomale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.4547},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures

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