Order-by-disorder and spin-orbital liquids in a distorted Heisenberg-Kitaev model

Eran Sela, Hong-Chen Jiang, Max H. Gerlach +1

The microscopic modeling of spin-orbit entangled $j=1/2$ Mott insulators such as the layered hexagonal Iridates Na${}_2$IrO${}_3$ and Li${}_2$IrO${}_3$ has spurred an interest in the physi…