Valence bond fluctuations in the Kitaev spin model

We introduce valence bond fluctuations, or bipartite fluctuations associated to bond-bond correlation functions, to characterize quantum spin liquids and the entanglement properties of them. Using analytical and numerical approaches, we find an identical scaling law between valence bond fluctuations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fan Yang, Kirill Plekhanov, Karyn Le Hur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-01-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013005