Kitaev Materials
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The spin-1/2 bond-dependent Ising model on a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, known as the Kitaev model, has recently attracted great attention. A microscopic approach to achieve such interaction has been discovered, leading to the proposal of several candidate materials.
Simultaneously, experimental investigations have focused on identifying signatures of the Kitaev spin liquid, such as the half-quantized thermal Hall conductivity. Despite significant progress made in recent decades, Kitaev spin liquid in the proposed materials yet to be fully confirmed, and the search for the experimental realization of this exotic quantum spin liquid continues. This collection aims to explore and advance our understanding of frustrated magnetic models and materials, expanding the search for Kitaev materials and unveiling new states of matter within them.
The topics will include, but are not limited to:
- Theoretical models and predictions of Kitaev materials
- Experimental demonstration of phenomena in Kitaev materials
- Theoretical designing of Kitaev materials
- New materials, synthesis and crystal growth of Kitaev materials
- New phases of matter in Kitaev materials
- Numerical advancements in extended Kitaev models
Editors
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Hae-Young Kee
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada
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Hidenori Takagi
Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany Professor, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
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George Jackeli
Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany Principal Investigator, Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Georgia
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Simon Trebst
Professor, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany
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Radu Coldea
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK
Hae-Young Kee is a professor of Physics at the University of Toronto, a Canada Research Chair in Theory of Quantum Materials, and a fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research in Quantum Materials. Kee is a theoretical physicist who specializes in condensed matter physics of complex quantum materials including quantum spin liquids, topological phases, high temperature superconductors, and frustrated magnets.
Hidenori Takagi is a director of Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, a professor of Institute for functional matter and quantum technologies at the University of Stuttgart and a professor of physics at The University of Tokyo. Takagi is an experimental physicist who specializes in condensed matter physics of complex quantum materials including quantum spin liquids, topological phases, high temperature superconductors, and frustrated magnets.
George Jackeli is a scientist at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and principal investigator at Andronikashvili Institute of Physics. His research focuses on models and theories of correlated quantum matter and their relationship to the properties of novel materials. Current topics include spin-orbit entangled electron systems, frustrated magnetism, quantum spin and spin-orbital liquids, complex magnetic order and multipolar states.
Simon Trebst is a professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cologne where he studies the formation of long-range entangled quantum states of matter. Over the past decade, his interest in quantum materials has been directed towards the formation of quantum spin liquids in spin-orbit entangled Mott insulators with bond-directional interactions — for which he has coined the term “Kitaev materials”. He is speaker of the pan-European collaborative research center “Entangled States of Matter” with nodes in Berlin, Copenhagen, Cologne and Rehovot. Before joining the Institute for Theoretical Physics in 2012, Prof. Trebst spent six years at Microsoft Research Station Q in Santa Barbara where he explored the theoretical foundations of a topological quantum computer.
Radu Coldea is a professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, working on experimental studies of quantum materials, in particular frustrated quantum magnets and quantum phase transitions, using primarily neutron and x-ray scattering.
