Quantum spin liquid in the semiclassical regime

Strongly correlated quantum spin liquid phases form when quantum fluctuations prevent magnetic ordering, which normally requires low spin systems that cannot be analyzed semiclassically. Here, the authors show that a large-spin Kitaev model supports a spin liquid phase in the semiclassical limit.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ioannis Rousochatzakis, Yuriy Sizyuk, Natalia B. Perkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03934-1