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The Kitaev honeycomb model provides a paradigmatic example of an exactly solvable quantum spin liquid (QSL), in which the spin degrees of freedom fractionalize into itinerant Majorana fermions coupled to a static background of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-28 Vitor Dantas , Wen-Han Kao , Natalia B. Perkins

Realistic model Hamiltonians for quantum spin liquids frequently exhibit a large separation of energy scales between their elementary excitations. At intermediate, experimentally relevant temperatures, some excitations are sparse and hop…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-05-17 Oliver Hart , Yuan Wan , Claudio Castelnovo

We propose a theoretical model for a gapless spin liquid phase that may have been observed in a recent experiment on $\mathrm{H_3Li Ir_2 O_6}$. Despite the insulating and non-magnetic nature of the material, the specific heat coefficient…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-29 Kevin Slagle , Wonjune Choi , Li Ern Chern , Yong Baek Kim

Experimental identification of quantum spin liquids remains a challenge, as the pristine nature is to be seen in asymptotically low temperatures. We here theoretically show that the precursor of quantum spin liquids appears in the spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-12 Junki Yoshitake , Joji Nasu , Yukitoshi Motome

Quantum spin liquids are materials that feature quantum entangled spin correlations and avoid magnetic long-range order at T = 0 K. Particularly interesting are two-dimensional honeycomb spin lattices where a plethora of exotic quantum spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-11-20 C. Wessler , B. Roessli , K. W. Krämer , B. Delley , O. Waldmann , L. Keller , D. Cheptiakov , H. B. Braun , M. Kenzelmann

We report the finding of a series of symmetry distinct spin liquid (SL) states and a rich phase diagram in a half-filled honeycomb lattice Hubbard model with spin-dependent hopping amplitude t'. We first study the magnetic instability of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-17 Long Liang , Ziqiang Wang , Yue Yu

We show that ultracold polar molecules pinned in an optical lattice can be used to access a variety of exotic spin models, including the Kitaev honeycomb model. Treating each molecule as a rigid rotor, we use DC electric and microwave…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-12 Alexey V. Gorshkov , Kaden R. A. Hazzard , Ana Maria Rey

Ultracold atoms and molecules trapped in optical lattices are expected to serve as simulators of strongly correlated systems and topological states of matter. A fascinating example is to realize the Kitaev quantum spin liquid by using…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-29 Kiyu Fukui , Yasuyuki Kato , Joji Nasu , Yukitoshi Motome

Stabilizing exotic quantum phases of matter, e.g. spin liquid, is an attractive topic in condensed matter. Here, by a Monte Carlo study of a two-orbital spin-fermion model on a honeycomb lattice, we show the cooperative effects of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-13 Kaidi Xu , Shan-Shan Wang , Rong Yu , Shuai Dong

We present a quantu spin liquid state in a spin-1/2 honeycomb lattice with randomness in the exchange interaction. That is, we successfully introduce randomness into the organic radial-based complex and realize a random-singlet (RS) state.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-26 H. Yamaguchi , M. Okada , Y. Kono , S. Kittaka , T. Sakakibara , T. Okabe , Y. Iwasaki , Y. Hosokoshi

Quantum circuit dynamics with local projective measurements can realize a rich spectrum of entangled states of quantum matter. Motivated by the physics of the Kitaev quantum spin liquid [1], we study quantum circuit dynamics in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-08 Ali Lavasani , Zhu-Xi Luo , Sagar Vijay

Quantum spin liquids are highly entangled ground states of quantum systems with emergent gauge structure, fractionalized spinon excitations, and other unusual properties. While these features clearly distinguish quantum spin liquids from…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-06-18 Lucile Savary , Leon Balents

Unlike conventional magnets where the magnetic moments are partially or completely static in the ground state, in a quantum spin liquid they remain in collective motion down to the lowest temperatures. The importance of this state is that…

Kitaev interactions, arising from the interplay of frustration and bond anisotropy, can lead to strong quantum fluctuations and, in an ideal case, to a quantum-spin-liquid state. However, in many nonideal materials, spurious non-Kitaev…

Spiral spin liquids are correlated states of matter in which a frustrated magnetic system evades order by fluctuating between a set of (nearly) degenerate spin spirals. Here, we investigate the response of spiral spin liquids to quenched…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-02-29 Pedro M. Cônsoli , Matthias Vojta

The Kitaev spin liquid model on honeycomb lattice offers an intriguing feature that encapsulates both Abelian and non-Abelian anyons. Recent studies suggest that the comprehensive phase diagram of possible generalized Kitaev model largely…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-02-26 Bowen Yan , Penghua Chen , Shawn X. Cui

The enhancement of the spin-space symmetry from the usual $\mathrm{SU}(2)$ to $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ with $N>2$ is promising for finding nontrivial quantum spin liquids, but the realization of $\mathrm{SU}(N)$ spin systems in real materials is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-04-07 Masahiko G. Yamada

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) represent exotic states of matter where quantum spins interact strongly yet evade long-range magnetic order down to absolute zero. Characterized by non-local quantum entanglement and resultant fractionalized…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-05 Yuji Matsuda , Takasada Shibauchi , Hae-Young Kee

In recent years, it has been shown that the phonon dynamics may serve as an indirect probe of fractionalization of spin degrees of freedom. Here we propose that the sound attenuation measurements allows for the characterization and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-27 Kexin Feng , Aysel Shiralieva , Natalia B. Perkins

We investigate the ground state properties of the spin S=1 Kitaev honeycomb model under a magnetic field based on the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) calculation. With the time reversal symmetry breaking due to the magnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-23 Zheng Zhu , Zheng-Yu Weng , D. N. Sheng