Computational design of $f$-electron Kitaev magnets: honeycomb and hyperhoneycomb compounds $A_2$PrO${}_3$ ($A=$ alkali metals)

Seong-Hoon Jang, Ryoya Sano, Yasuyuki Kato +1

The Kitaev spin model offers an exact quantum spin liquid in the ground state, which has stimulated exploration of its material realization over the last decade. Thus far, most of…