Anderson-Kitaev spin liquid

Abstract

The bond-disordered Kitaev model attracts much attention due to the experimental relevance in $\alpha$-RuCl${}_3$ and $A_3$LiIr${}_2$O${}_6$ ($A=$ H, D, Ag, $\text{etc.}$). Applying a magnetic field to break the time-reversal symmetry leads to a strong modulation in mass terms for Dirac cones. Because of the smallness of the flux gap of the Kitaev model, a small bond disorder can have large influence on itinerant Majorana fermions, and Majorana fermions will be in the Anderson localization state immediately. We call this immobile liquid state Anderson-Kitaev liquid state with two localized Majorana fermions, one frozen by gauge fluctuations and the other localized by disordered mass terms. The quantization of the thermal Hall conductivity $\kappa /T$ disappears by a quantum Hall transition induced by a small disorder, and $\kappa /T$ shows a rapid crossover into the Anderson-Kitaev liquid with a negligible Hall current. Especially, the critical disorder strength $\delta J_{c1}\sim 0.05$ in the unit of the Kitaev interaction would have many implications for the stability of Kitaev spin liquids.

6+4 pages, 3+2 figures. This is a preprint of an article published in npj Quantum Mater. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-020-00285-3

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