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Using large-scale density-matrix renormalization group calculations and minimally augmented spin-wave theory, we demonstrate that the phase diagram of the quantum $S\!=\!\frac12$ $J_1$--$J_3$ ferro-antiferromagnetic model on the honeycomb…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-04-22 Shengtao Jiang , Steven R. White , A. L. Chernyshev

Recently it was realized that the zigzag magnetic order in Kitaev materials can be stabilized by small negative off-diagonal interactions called the $\Gamma'$ terms. To fully understand the effect of the $\Gamma'$ interactions, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-10-21 Jiucai Wang , Qirong Zhao , Xiaoqun Wang , Zheng-Xin Liu

Motivated by the recent synthesis of two insulating Li$_2$IrO$_3$ polymorphs, where Ir$^{4+}$ $S_{eff}$=1/2 moments form 3D ("harmonic") honeycomb structures with threefold coordination, we study magnetic Hamiltonians on the resulting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-11-26 Itamar Kimchi , James G. Analytis , Ashvin Vishwanath

Aligning with the everlasting search for quantum spin liquids (QSLs), identifying the QSL in Kitaev magnets has garnered great research interest during the past decade and remains nevertheless an enormous challenge. One of the major…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-03 Qiang Luo , Jize Zhao , Xiaoqun Wang

We investigate the classical phase diagram of the stuffed honeycomb Heisenberg lattice, which consists of a honeycomb lattice with a superimposed triangular lattice formed by sites at the center of each hexagon. This lattice encompasses and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-10-17 Jyotisman Sahoo , Dmitrii Kochkov , Bryan K. Clark , Rebecca Flint

Quantum spin models with spatially dependent interactions, known as compass models, play an important role in the study of frustrated quantum magnetism. One example is the Kitaev model on the honeycomb lattice with spin-liquid ground states…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-06-24 Haiyuan Zou , Bo Liu , Erhai Zhao , W. Vincent Liu

Motivated by recent experiments, we consider a generic spin model in the $j_{\text{eff}}=1/2$ basis for the hyperhoneycomb and harmonic-honeycomb iridates. Based on microscopic considerations, the effect of an additional bond-dependent…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-02-09 Eric Kin-Ho Lee , Yong Baek Kim

We provide analytical and numerical insights into the phase diagram and other properties of the extended Kitaev-Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice in the {\it easy-plane} limit, in which interactions are only between spin components…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-01-20 P. A. Maksimov , A. L. Chernyshev

We discuss magnetically ordered states, arising in Heisenberg-Kitaev and related spin models, on three-dimensional (3D) harmonic honeycomb lattices. For large classes of ordered states, we show that they can be mapped onto two-dimensional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-29 Wilhelm G. F. Krüger , Matthias Vojta , Lukas Janssen

We use the coupled cluster method to investigate the ground-state (GS) properties of the frustrated spin-1/2 $J_{1}$-$J_{2}$-$J_{3}$ model on the honeycomb lattice, with nearest-neighbor exchange coupling $J_1$ plus next-nearest-neighbor…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-04-24 P. H. Y. Li , R. F. Bishop

We use a combination of analytical and numerical techniques to study the phase diagram of the frustrated Heisenberg model on the bilayer honeycomb lattice. Using the Schwinger boson description of the spin operators followed by a mean field…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-01-08 Hao Zhang , M. Arlego , C. A. Lamas

We study the Kitaev-Heisenberg-$\Gamma$ model with antiferromagnetic Kitaev exchanges in the strong anisotropic (toric code) limit to understand the phases and the intervening phase transitions between the gapped $Z_2$ quantum spin liquid…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-11-24 Animesh Nanda , Adhip Agarwala , Subhro Bhattacharjee

The Kitaev model exhibits a Quantum Spin Liquid hosting emergent fractionalized excitations. We study the Kitaev model on the honeycomb lattice coupled to a magnetic field along the [111] axis. Utilizing large scale matrix product based…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-12-06 Matthias Gohlke , Roderich Moessner , Frank Pollmann

Kitaev magnets have emerged as pivotal systems for investigating frustrated magnetism, providing a unique platform to explore quantum phases governed by the interplay between bond-dependent anisotropy and external magnetic fields. However,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-13 Shuai Liu , Hao Wu , Jinbin Li , Xiaoqun Wang , Qiang Luo

We study the quantum phase transition between Abelian and non-Abelian phases in an extended Kitaev spin model on the honeycomb lattice, where the periodic boundary condition is applied by placing the lattice on a torus. Our analytical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Xiao-Feng Shi , Yue Yu , J. Q. You , Franco Nori

In the present paper we study the phase diagram of the Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice with antiferromagnetic interactions up to third neighbors along the line $J_2=J_3$ that include the point $J_2=J_3=J_1/2$, corresponding to the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-13 D. C. Cabra , C. A. Lamas , H. D. Rosales

The possible ground states of the undoped and doped Kitaev-Heisenberg model on a triangular lattice are studied. For the undoped system, a combination of the numerical exact diagonalization calculation and the four-sublattice transformation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-04-20 Kai Li , Shun-Li Yu , Jian-Xin Li

We present an augmented parton mean-field theory which (i) reproduces the $exact$ ground state, spectrum, and dynamics of the quantum spin liquid phase of Kitaev's honeycomb model; and (ii) is amenable to the inclusion of integrability…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-05-03 Johannes Knolle , Subhro Bhattacharjee , Roderich Moessner

We study the zero-temperature quantum phase diagram of a spin-1 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the honeycomb lattice with both nearest-neighbor exchange coupling $J_{1}>0$ and frustrating next-nearest-neighbor coupling $J_{2} \equiv \kappa…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-06-30 P. H. Y. Li , R. F. Bishop

We study the spin-$1/2$ Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice with the nearest-neighbor $J_1 > 0$, the next-nearest-neighobr $J_2 > 0$ Heisenberg interactions, and the additional scalar chiral interaction $J_{\chi}(\vec{S}_i \times…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-16 Shou-Shu Gong , W. Zhu , J. -X. Zhu , D. N. Sheng , Kun Yang