Emergent glassiness in disorder-free Kitaev model: Density matrix renormalization group study on a one-dimensional ladder setting

K. B. Yogendra, Tanmoy Das, G. Baskaran

The complete phase diagram of the Kitaev model with a magnetic field remains elusive, as do the experimental results in the candidate material α-RuCl3. Here, we study the Kitaev mo…