Published September 23, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Phonon dynamics in the chiral Kitaev spin liquid

  • 1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

Description

We investigate the effect of a magnetic field on the extended Kitaev spin-liquid state through phonon dynamics. Using a constrained fermionic self-consistent mean field method, we analyze the quantum spin liquid (QSL) ground state for the extended Kitaev model with both the Zeeman term and the perturbative three-spin interaction term κ. Our results demonstrate the dependence of the stability of the Kitaev QSL state on the field direction, consistent with findings in the literature. Additionally, we calculate the phonon dynamics for acoustic phonons coupled to the Majorana fermion excitations of the Kitaev spin-liquid state, discussing the temperature and field evolution of these quantities.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.110.094431;
arXiv
arXiv:2407.07990;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/100000015; 10.13039/100006132; 10.13039/100006151; 10.13039/100016204; 10.13039/100005156;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
18 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
DE-SC0018056
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Funding organization
U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science; Basic Energy Sciences; Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota; Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung