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We investigate the half-filled Hubbard model on an isotropic triangular lattice with the variational cluster approximation. By decreasing the on-site repulsion $U$ (or equivalently increasing pressure) we go from a phase with long range,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-04-15 Peyman Sahebsara , David Sénéchal

Recent experiments on the dipolar-octupolar pyrochlore compound Ce$_2$Zr$_2$O$_7$ indicate that it may realize a three-dimensional quantum spin liquid (QSL). In particular, the analyses of available data suggest that the system is in a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-06-30 Félix Desrochers , Li Ern Chern , Yong Baek Kim

Chiral spin liquids (CSLs) are exotic phases of interacting spins in two dimensions, characterized by long-range entanglement and fractional excitations. We construct a local Hamiltonian on the triangular lattice that stabilizes the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-10 Tingyu Gao , Niklas Tausendpfund , Erik L. Weerda , Jan Naumann , Matteo Rizzi , David F. Mross

The exploration of topological states is of significant fundamental and practical importance in contemporary condensed matter physics, for which the extension to two-dimensional (2D) organometallic systems is particularly attractive. Using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-13 Hyun-Jung Kim , Chaokai Li , Ji Feng , Jun-Hyung Cho , Zhenyu Zhang

We consider a SU(3) ring-exchange model on a triangular lattice. Unlike the SU(2) case, under perturbation expansion of the SU(3) Hubbard model, the three-site ring exchange is present as well as the usual four-site ring exchange.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-24 Hsin-Hua Lai

We revisit the challenging problem of identifying the quantum spin liquid candidate in the spin-1/2 $J_1$-$J_2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the square lattice. By integrating the Gutzwiller-guided density matrix renormalization group…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-11 Hui-Ke Jin , Hong-Hao Tu , Ya-Hui Zhang

The weak Mott insulating regime of the triangular lattice Hubbard model exhibits a rich magnetic phase diagram as a result of the ring exchange interaction in the spin Hamiltonian. These phases include the Kalmeyer-Laughlin type chiral spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-23 Asimpunya Mitra , Daniel J. Schultz , Yong Baek Kim

Strong local interaction in systems with non-trivial topological bands can stabilize quantum states such as magnetic topological insulators. We investigate the influence of the lattice symmetry on the possible emergence of antiferromagnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-04-09 Morad Ebrahimkhas , Mohsen Hafez-Torbati , Walter Hofstetter

Electrons hopping on the sites of a three-dimensional pyrochlore lattice are shown to form topologically non-trivial insulating phases when the spin-orbit (SO) coupling and lattice distortions are present. Of 16 possible topological classes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 H. -M. Guo , M. Franz

We report the study of phases and transitions of SU(N) Hofstadter-Hubbard model subject to commensurate magnetic field on the triangular lattice. At filling one fermion per site, for the number of fermion flavors 2 <= N <= 8, we identify…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-26 Lu Zhang , Rongning Liu , Xue-Yang Song

A large repulsion between particles in a quantum system can lead to their localization, as it happens for the electrons in Mott insulating materials. This paradigm has recently branched out into a new quantum state, the orbital-selective…

Motivated by recent advances in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) moir\'e materials, we propose TMD moir\'e multilayers as a platform for realizing an approximately SU(4)-symmetric triangular Kondo lattice, generalizing the concept of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-19 Sunghoon Kim

The SU(4)-symmetric spin-orbital model on the honeycomb lattice was recently studied in connection to correlated insulators such as the $e_{g}$ Mott insulator Ba$_{3}$CuSb$_{2}$O$_{9}$ and the insulating phase of magic-angle twisted bilayer…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-11-27 W. M. H. Natori , R. Nutakki , R. G. Pereira , E. C. Andrade

In systems with many local degrees of freedom, high-symmetry points in the phase diagram can provide an important starting point for the investigation of their properties throughout the phase diagram. In systems with both spin and orbital…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-05-13 Anna Keselman , Lucile Savary , Leon Balents

We perform large-scale density matrix renormalization group simulations of the $\mathrm{SU}(4)$ Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice and resolve the long-standing question of its ground state in an unbiased and quantitatively…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-03 Masahiko G. Yamada

Quantum simulation platforms have become powerful tools for investigating strongly correlated systems beyond the capabilities of classical computation. Ultracold alkaline-earth atoms and molecules now enable experimental realizations of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-06-03 Annika Böhler , Fabian Grusdt , Annabelle Bohrdt

As one of the most intriguing states of matter, the chiral spin liquid (CSL) has attracted much scientific interest while its existence and mechanism in crystalline strongly correlated systems remain hotly debated. On the other hand, strong…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-09 Yixuan Huang , D. N. Sheng , Jian-Xin Zhu

We consider the fermionic SU($3$) Hubbard model on the triangular lattice in the presence of a three-sublattice staggered potential which provides the possibility to investigate the competition of charge and magnetic order in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-07-31 Mohsen Hafez-Torbati , Walter Hofstetter

Combining a semi-classical analysis with exact diagonalizations, we show that the ground state of the SU(3) Heisenberg model on the square lattice develops three-sublattice long-range order. This surprising pattern for a bipartite lattice…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-12-03 Tamas A. Toth , Andreas M. Laeuchli , Frederic Mila , Karlo Penc

The mechanism of the unconventional topological superconductivity (TSC) remains a long-standing issue. We investigate the quantum phase diagram of the extended $t$-$J$-$J_{\chi}$ model including spin chiral interactions on triangular…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-18 Yixuan Huang , D. N. Sheng