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A prominent feature of quantum spin liquids is fractionalization of the spin degree of freedom. Fractionalized excitations have their own dynamics in different energy scales, and hence, affect finite-temperature ($T$) properties in a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-04 Junki Yoshitake , Joji Nasu , Yasuyuki Kato , Yukitoshi Motome

The Kitaev model with an applied magnetic field in the $H||[111]$ direction shows two transitions: from a non-abelian gapped quantum spin liquid (QSL) to a gapless QSL at $H_{c1} \simeq 0.2K$ and a second transition at a higher field…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-06-11 Niravkumar D. Patel , Nandini Trivedi

The Kitaev model exhibits a canonical quantum spin liquid as a ground state and hosts two fractional quasiparticles, itinerant Majorana fermion and localized flux excitation. The former can carry heat and spin modulations in the quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-27 Joji Nasu , Yuta Murakami , Akihisa Koga

Recent experimental evidence for a field-induced quantum spin liquid (QSL) in $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ calls for an understanding for the ground state of honeycomb Kitaev model under a magnetic field. In this work we address the nature of an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-10-04 Hong-Chen Jiang , Chang-Yan Wang , Biao Huang , Yuan-Ming Lu

We study the spin transport through the quantum spin liquid (QSL) by investigating the real-time and real-space dynamics of the Kitaev spin system with a zigzag structure in terms of the time-dependent Majorana mean-field theory. After the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-27 Tetsuya Minakawa , Yuta Murakami , Akihisa Koga , Joji Nasu

The thesis presents a comprehensive Raman spectroscopic and first-principle density functional theory based investigation of V_(1-x)PS_(3) ; PbTaSe_(2) and 1T-TaS_(2). In V_(1-x)PS_(3),the detection of fractionalized excitations (Majorana…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-25 Vivek Kumar

The material $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ has been the subject of intense scrutiny as a potential Kitaev quantum spin liquid, predicted to display Majorana fermions as low energy excitations. In practice, $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ undergoes a transition to a…

Magnetic fields can give rise to a plethora of phenomena in Kitaev spin systems, such as the formation of non-trivial spin liquids in two and three spatial dimensions. For the original honeycomb Kitaev model, it has recently been observed…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-01 Christoph Berke , Simon Trebst , Ciarán Hickey

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

The suppression of magnetic order and the detection of a half-quantized thermal Hall effect in {\alpha}-RuCl3 under an external magnetic field have sparked significant debate, whether these phenomena point to spin fractionalization, as…

The Kitaev model on a honeycomb lattice predicts a paradigmatic quantum spin liquid (QSL) exhibiting Majorana Fermion excitations. The insight that Kitaev physics might be realized in practice has stimulated investigations of candidate…

Highly entangled excitations such as Majorana fermions of Kitaev quantum spin liquids have been proposed to be utilized for future quantum science and technology, and a deeper understanding of such excitations has been strongly desired.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-08-03 Pureum Noh , Kyusung Hwang , Eun-Gook Moon

Motivated by the appearance of Majorana fermions in a broad range of correlated and topological electronic systems, we develop a general method to compute the dynamical response of interacting Majorana fermions in the random-phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-29 Peng Rao , Roderich Moessner , Johannes Knolle

We investigate the quantum spin liquid (QSL) ground state of anisotropic Kitaev model with antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling under the $[001]$ magnetic field with the finite-temperature Lanczos method (FTLM). In this anisotropic AFM Kitaev…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-06-29 Shi-Qing Jia , Ya-Min Quan , Hai-Qing Lin , Liang-Jian Zou

The Kitaev model, which involves bond-direction-dependent spin interactions on a honeycomb lattice, has attracted significant interest due to its exact solvability and potential uses in quantum computing. A key feature of this model is the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-12 Taekoo Oh , Naoto Nagaosa

The honeycomb Kitaev model describes a $Z_2$ spin liquid with topological order and fractionalized excitations consisting of gapped $\pi$-fluxes and free Majorana fermions. Competing interactions, even when not very strong, are known to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-14 Jagannath Das , Sarbajaya Kundu , Aman Kumar , Vikram Tripathi

Motivated by growing evidence for the significance of the third-nearest-neighbor Heisenberg ($J_3$) interaction in candidate Kitaev materials, we investigate the dynamical properties of the Kitaev spin liquid (KSL) under a $J_3$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-27 Chuan Chen , Jiucai Wang

A decade ago, Alexei Kitaev proposed an exactly solvable $S$ = 1/2 model on a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, where the spins fractionalize into Majorana fermions and form a topological quantum spin liquid (QSL) in the ground state. It…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-01-21 Hidenori Takagi , Tomohiro Takayama , George Jackeli , Giniyat Khaliullin , Stephen E. Nagler

The Kitaev quantum spin liquid possesses two fractional quasiparticles, itinerant Majorana fermions and localized visons. It provides a promising platform for realizing a Majorana zero mode trapped by a vison excitation. This local mode…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-22 Chihiro Harada , Atsushi Ono , Joji Nasu

Identifying experimental probes capable of diagnosing extreme quantum behavior is widely regarded as one of the foremost challenges in modern condensed matter physics. Here, we propose a novel approach for detecting chiral Kitaev spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-05 Shang-Shun Zhang , Gábor B. Halász , Cristian D. Batista