Published September 23, 2024
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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 . 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.
Additional details
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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHIRAL SYMMETRY; CHIRALITY; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; EXCITATION; FERMIONS; GROUND STATES; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAJORANA FERMIONS; MAJORANA SPINORS; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; PHONONS; SPIN; STABILITY; ZEEMAN EFFECT
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FERMIONS; FLUIDS; MECHANICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUASI PARTICLES; SPINORS; SYMMETRY
Optional Information
- Copyright
- ©2024 American Physical Society
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- DE-SC0018056
- Notes
- Record automatically processed
- Funding organization
- U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science; Basic Energy Sciences; Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota; Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung