Theory of the field-revealed Kitaev spin liquid

Jacob S. Gordon; Andrei Catuneanu; Erik S. Sørensen; Hae-Young Kee

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10405-8

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Theory of the field-revealed Kitaev spin liquid

Jacob S. Gordon,
Andrei Catuneanu,
Erik S. Sørensen,
Hae-Young Kee

Affiliations

Jacob S. Gordon: Department of Physics, University of Toronto
Andrei Catuneanu: Department of Physics, University of Toronto
Erik S. Sørensen: Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
Hae-Young Kee: Department of Physics, University of Toronto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10405-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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α-RuCl3 is a candidate material for studying Kitaev physics but a microscopic theory consistent with experiments has not yet been established. Here the authors present a theory with an intermediate-field spin liquid phase that can explain recent results indicating anyonic behaviour.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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