Spin-orbit-induced quantum chiral phases

Daesik Kim, Hyojae Jeon, Seongjun Park +3

The scalar spin chirality (SSC), whose nonzero value $⟨{\mathbf{S}}_i\cdot ({\mathbf{S}}_j\times {\mathbf{S}}_k)⟩\ne 0$ implies the breaking of time-reversal and certain point-g…