Phase diagram and quantum order by disorder in the kitaev K1 - K2 honeycomb magnet

Physical Review X

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Rousochatzakis, Ioannis ^a   Reuther, Johannes ^b,c   Thomale, Ronny ^d   Rachel, Stephan ^e   Perkins, N B ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; ION EXCHANGE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SODIUM; TOPOLOGY;

HEISENBERG EXCHANGE; HONEYCOMB LATTICES; NEAREST NEIGHBOR MODEL; ORDER-BY-DISORDER MECHANISM; QUANTUM COUNTERPART; QUANTUM PHASE DIAGRAMS; SPIN LIQUIDS; SPIN SPACE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84962006508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.5.041035     Document Type: Article

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