Quantum Spin Liquid phases in Kitaev Materials
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| author | Chou, Po-Hao Mou, Chung-Yu Chung, Chung-Hou Yip, Sungkit |
| author_facet | Chou, Po-Hao Mou, Chung-Yu Chung, Chung-Hou Yip, Sungkit |
| contents | We develop a gauge-invariant renormalized mean-field theory (RMFT) to reliably find the quantum spin liquid (QSL) states and their field response for realistic Kitaev materials under strong magnetic fields and described by the generalized Kitaev $J$-$K$-$Γ$-$Γ'$ model. Remarkably, while our RMFT reproduces previous results based on using more complicated numerical methods, it also predicts several new stable QSL states. In particular, since Kitaev spin liquid (KSL) is no longer a saddle point solution, a new exotic 2-cone state distinct from the KSL, is found to describe experimental observations well, and hence should be the candidate state realized in the Kitaev material, $α$-RuCl$_3$. We further explore the mechanism for the suppression of the observed thermal Hall conductivity at low temperatures within the fermionic framework, and show that the polar-angle dependence of the fermionic gap can distinguish the found 2-cone state from the KSL state in further experiments. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum Spin Liquid phases in Kitaev Materials Chou, Po-Hao Mou, Chung-Yu Chung, Chung-Hou Yip, Sungkit Strongly Correlated Electrons We develop a gauge-invariant renormalized mean-field theory (RMFT) to reliably find the quantum spin liquid (QSL) states and their field response for realistic Kitaev materials under strong magnetic fields and described by the generalized Kitaev $J$-$K$-$Γ$-$Γ'$ model. Remarkably, while our RMFT reproduces previous results based on using more complicated numerical methods, it also predicts several new stable QSL states. In particular, since Kitaev spin liquid (KSL) is no longer a saddle point solution, a new exotic 2-cone state distinct from the KSL, is found to describe experimental observations well, and hence should be the candidate state realized in the Kitaev material, $α$-RuCl$_3$. We further explore the mechanism for the suppression of the observed thermal Hall conductivity at low temperatures within the fermionic framework, and show that the polar-angle dependence of the fermionic gap can distinguish the found 2-cone state from the KSL state in further experiments. |
| title | Quantum Spin Liquid phases in Kitaev Materials |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10226 |