Crystalline Kitaev spin liquids

Abstract

Frustrated magnetic systems exhibit many fascinating phases. Prime among them are quantum spin liquids, where the magnetic moments do not order even at zero temperature. A subclass of quantum spin liquids called Kitaev spin liquids are particularly interesting, because they are exactly solvable, can be realized in certain materials, and show a large variety of gapless and gapped phases. Here, we show that non-symmorphic symmetries can enrich spin liquid phases, such that the low-energy spinon degrees of freedom form three-dimensional Dirac cones or nodal chains. In addition, we suggest how such Kitaev spin liquids may be realized in metal-organic-frameworks.

17 pages, 11 figures

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• Thermodynamic classification of three-dimensional Kitaev spin liquids