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We demonstrate theoretically that the thermal Hall effect of magnons in collinear antiferromagnetic insulators is an indicator of magnetic and topological phase transitions in the magnon spectrum. The transversal heat current of magnons…

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We investigate thermal Hall conductivity $\kappa_{xy}$ of a $J$-$K$ Kitaev-Heisenberg model with a Zeeman field in the $(111)$ direction in the light of the recent debate surrounding the possible re-emergence of Ising topological order…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-27 Aman Kumar , Vikram Tripathi

We present the experimental observation of a drastically enhanced thermal Hall effect in the topological insulator material TlBi$_{0.15}$Sb$_{0.85}$Te$_2$. Although heat transport is dominated by phonons, moderate magnetic fields generate a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-06 Rohit Sharma , Yongjian Wang , Yoichi Ando , Achim Rosch , Thomas Lorenz

We investigate thermal Hall transport in magnetic systems, using semiclassical spin dynamics simulations. Building on a linear response framework, we discuss the intricacies of computing the thermal Hall conductivity from real-time energy…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-11 Ignacio Salgado-Linares , Alexander Mook , Léo Mangeolle , Johannes Knolle

Kitaev physics has recently attracted attention in condensed matter for its anticipated novel quantum spin liquid state. The thermal transport measurement is crucial for probing the novel features of charge-neutral quasiparticles. In this…

Honeycomb lattice Kitaev magnets exhibit exotic magnetic properties governed by the Kitaev interaction. This study delves into $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$, a prototypical example described by effective Hamiltonians encompassing bond-dependent Kitaev…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-29 Hamid Mosadeq , Mohammad-Hossein Zare

Recent theoretical studies inspired by experiments on the Kitaev magnet $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ highlight the nontrivial impact of phonons on the thermal Hall conductivity of chiral topological phases. Here we introduce mixed…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-04-21 Kai Klocke , Joel E. Moore , Jason Alicea , Gábor B. Halász

There have been intensive studies on Kitaev materials for the sake of the realization of exotic states such as quantum spin liquid and topological orders. In realistic materials, the Kitaev interaction may coexist with the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-22 Kangkang Li

Thermal signatures of fractionalized excitations are a fingerprint of quantum spin liquids (QSLs). In the $J_{eff}=1/2$ honeycomb magnet $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$, a QSL state emerges upon applying an in-plane magnetic field $H_{||}$ greater than…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-06-01 J. A. N. Bruin , R. R. Claus , Y. Matsumoto , N. Kurita , H. Tanaka , H. Takagi

Thermodynamics of the Kitaev honeycomb magnet $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ is studied for different directions of in-plane magnetic field using measurements of the magnetic Gr\"uneisen parameter $\Gamma_B$ and specific heat $C$. We identify two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-03-03 S. Bachus , D. A. S. Kaib , A. Jesche , V. Tsurkan , A. Loidl , S. M. Winter , A. A. Tsirlin , R. Valentí , P. Gegenwart

The honeycomb Kitaev-Heisenberg model is a source of a quantum spin liquid with Majorana fermions and gauge flux excitations as fractional quasiparticles. In the quest of finding a pertinent material, $\alpha$-RuCl$_{3}$ recently emerged as…

In conventional insulating magnets, heat is carried by magnons and phonons. In contrast, when the magnets harbor a quantum spin liquid state, emergent quasiparticles from the fractionalization of quantum spins can carry heat. Here, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-26 Joji Nasu , Junki Yoshitake , Yukitoshi Motome

We present theoretically the thermal Hall effect of magnons in a ferromagnetic lattice with a Kekul\'e-O coupling (KOC) modulation and a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). Through a strain-based mechanism for inducing the KOC…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-21 Christian Moulsdale , Pierre A. Pantaleón , Ramon Carrillo-Bastos , Yang Xian

We investigated the thermal transport properties of two $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ crystals with different degrees of stacking disorder to understand the origin of the previously reported oscillatory feature in the field dependence of thermal…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-01-17 Heda Zhang , Andrew May , Hu Miao , Brian Sales , David Mandrus , Stephen Nagler , Michael McGuire , Jiaqiang Yan

We theoretically investigate the thermal Hall transport of magnon-polarons in a two-dimensional honeycomb antiferromagnetic insulator under the influence of a perpendicular magnetic field, varying in strength. The application of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-12 Gyungchoon Go , Heejun Yang , Je-Geun Park , Se Kwon Kim

The Kitaev quantum spin liquid (QSL) on the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice epitomizes an entangled topological state, where the spins fractionalize into Majorana fermions. This state has aroused tremendous interest because it harbors…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-12-12 S. Suetsugu , Y. Ukai , M. Shimomura , M. Kamimura , T. Asaba , Y. Kasahara , N. Kurita , H. Tanaka , T. Shibauchi , J. Nasu , Y. Motome , Y. Matsuda

There has been a great interest in magnetic field induced quantum spin liquids in Kitaev magnets after the discovery of neutron scattering continuum and half quantized thermal Hall conductivity in the material $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$. In this…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-10 Li Ern Chern , Ryui Kaneko , Hyun-Yong Lee , Yong Baek Kim

We discuss thermal transport of two-dimensional topological superconductors (TSCs) with broken time reversal symmetry, which are described by Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) Hamiltonians. From the calculations of bulk quantities only, without…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-24 Hiroaki Sumiyoshi , Satoshi Fujimoto

Thermal transport is a pivotal probe for studying low-energy, charge-neutral quasi-particles in insulating magnets. In this Letter, we report an observation of large magneto-thermal conductivity and thermal Hall effect (THE) in a van der…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-07 Chunqiang Xu , Caitlin Carnahan , Heda Zhang , Milos Sretenovic , Pengpeng Zhang , Di Xiao , Xianglin Ke

We propose a theory for thermal Hall transport mediated by magnons to address the impact of their damping resulting from magnon-magnon interactions in insulating magnets. This phenomenon is anticipated to be particularly significant in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-10 Shinnosuke Koyama , Joji Nasu