Projective symmetry group classification of chiral ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ spin liquids on the pyrochlore lattice: application to the spin-$1/2$ XXZ Heisenberg model

Abstract

We give a complete classification of fully symmetric as well as chiral ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ quantum spin liquids on the pyrochlore lattice using a projective symmetry group analysis of Schwinger boson mean-field states. We find 50 independent ansätze, including the 12 fully symmetric nearest-neighbor ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$ spin liquids that have been classified by Liu et al. [https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.075125]. For each class we specify the most general symmetry-allowed mean-field Hamiltonian. Additionally, we test the properties of a subset of the spin liquid ansätze by solving the mean-field equations for the spin-$1/2$ XXZ model near the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg point. We find four chiral spin liquids that break the screw symmetry of the lattice modulo time reversal symmetry. These states have a different symmetry than the previously studied monopole flux state and their unique characteristic is a $\frac{\pi }{3}$ flux enclosed by every rhombus of the lattice.

arXiv comment22 pages, 8 figures, mistake corrected: chiral states can also host non-zero B_{ij} fields. Observables recomputed and plots updated accordingly

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