Non-local spin correlation as a signature of Ising anyons trapped in vacancies of the Kitaev spin liquid

Masahiro O. Takahashi, Masahiko G. Yamada, Masafumi Udagawa +2

In the Kitaev chiral spin liquid, Ising anyons are realized as $Z_2$ fluxes binding Majorana zero modes, which, however, are thermal excitations with finite decay rates. On the oth…