Quantum-classical crossover in the spin-1/2 Heisenberg-Kitaev kagome magnet

The spin-1/2 Heisenberg kagome antiferromagnet is one of the paradigmatic playgrounds for frustrated quantum magnetism, with an extensive number of competing resonating valence bond (RVB) states emerging at low energies, including gapped and gapless spin liquids and valence bond crystals. Here we re...

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Main Authors: Yang Yang, Natalia B. Perkins, Fulya Koç, Chi-Huei Lin, Ioannis Rousochatzakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-08-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033217