Multinode quantum spin liquids in extended Kitaev honeycomb models
Abstract Variational Monte Carlo (VMC) studies of extended Kitaev honeycomb models reveal a series of multinode quantum spin liquids (QSLs). They have an emergent Z2 gauge structure, a discrete number of symmetry-protected Majorana cones, and form Abelian or non-Abelian chiral spin liquids in applie...
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| description | Abstract Variational Monte Carlo (VMC) studies of extended Kitaev honeycomb models reveal a series of multinode quantum spin liquids (QSLs). They have an emergent Z2 gauge structure, a discrete number of symmetry-protected Majorana cones, and form Abelian or non-Abelian chiral spin liquids in applied magnetic fields. The large number of Z2 projective symmetry groups for spin–orbit-coupled states on the honeycomb lattice suggests that multinode QSLs can be found experimentally in future work on proximate Kitaev materials. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fbe3598fb65743919666e0982c1bcdff2024-12-01T12:08:27ZengNature Portfolionpj Quantum Materials2397-46482024-11-019111110.1038/s41535-024-00704-9Multinode quantum spin liquids in extended Kitaev honeycomb modelsJiucai Wang0B. Normand1Zheng-Xin Liu2Department of Physics and HKU-UCAS Joint Institute for Theoretical and Computational Physics, The University of Hong KongPSI Center for Scientific Computing, Theory and DataSchool of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials and Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of ChinaAbstract Variational Monte Carlo (VMC) studies of extended Kitaev honeycomb models reveal a series of multinode quantum spin liquids (QSLs). They have an emergent Z2 gauge structure, a discrete number of symmetry-protected Majorana cones, and form Abelian or non-Abelian chiral spin liquids in applied magnetic fields. The large number of Z2 projective symmetry groups for spin–orbit-coupled states on the honeycomb lattice suggests that multinode QSLs can be found experimentally in future work on proximate Kitaev materials.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-024-00704-9 |
| spellingShingle | Jiucai Wang B. Normand Zheng-Xin Liu Multinode quantum spin liquids in extended Kitaev honeycomb models npj Quantum Materials |
| title | Multinode quantum spin liquids in extended Kitaev honeycomb models |
| title_full | Multinode quantum spin liquids in extended Kitaev honeycomb models |
| title_fullStr | Multinode quantum spin liquids in extended Kitaev honeycomb models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multinode quantum spin liquids in extended Kitaev honeycomb models |
| title_short | Multinode quantum spin liquids in extended Kitaev honeycomb models |
| title_sort | multinode quantum spin liquids in extended kitaev honeycomb models |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-024-00704-9 |
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