Thermal transport in a two-dimensional ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ spin liquid

Abstract

We study the dynamical thermal conductivity of the two-dimensional Kitaev spin-model on the honeycomb lattice. We find a strongly temperature dependent low-frequency spectral intensity as a direct consequence of fractionalization of spins into mobile Majorana matter and a static ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ gauge field. The latter acts as an emergent thermally activated disorder, leading to the appearance of a pseudogap which partially closes in the thermodynamic limit, indicating a dissipative heat conductor. Our analysis is based on complementary calculations of the current correlation function, comprising exact diagonalization by means of a complete summation over all gauge sectors, as well as a phenomenological mean-field treatment of thermal gauge fluctuations, valid at intermediate and high temperatures. The results will also be contrasted against the conductivity discarding gauge fluctuations.

arXiv comment11 pages, 9 figures

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