Magnetic structure and excitation spectrum of the hyperhoneycomb Kitaev magnet $\beta$-Li${}_2$IrO${}_3$

Abstract

We present a theoretical study of the static and dynamical properties of the Kitaev magnet $\beta$-Li${}_2$IrO${}_3$ based on the minimal $J$-$K$-$\Gamma$ model. We argue that the incommensurate magnetic order of $\beta$-Li${}_2$IrO${}_3$ can be qualitatively understood in terms of a long-wavelength twisting of a nearby commensurate, period-3 state, that shares the same symmetry, propagation vector, counter-rotation of the two spin sublattices, and non-coplanarity. This period-3 state shows very different structure when either the Kitaev interaction $K$ or the off-diagonal exchange anisotropy $\Gamma$ is dominant, featuring in particular ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic spin dimers, respectively. We compute the magnon excitation spectra and the dynamical spin structure factor for both structures. The results for the momentum and energy dependence of the neutron-scattering intensity provide distinctive qualitative and quantitative fingerprints of the $K$-dominant or $\Gamma$-dominant states and thus gives additional information on the relative strength of these interactions in $\beta$-Li${}_2$IrO${}_3$.

arXiv commentExtended version (18 pages, 14 figures). Comparison to experiment & structure of GS manifold of J=0 line included

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