Anisotropic-exchange magnets on a triangular lattice: dual spin liquids

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Abstract

We establish a correspondence of the anisotropic-exchange model to an extended Kitaev-Heisenberg model. With the help of Klein dualities, deeper connections between different parts of the parameter space are established. Using these insights, we have performed DMRG studies of the quantum S=1/2 anisotropic-exchange model in previously unexplored parts of the phase diagram. The most important implication of the correspondence is that it necessitates an existence of a spin liquid that is Klein dual to the spin liquid found by us earlier. In our present DMRG study, we do confirm existence of this dual spin-liquid phase. With the structure factor S(q), we also confirm that the dual spin liquid can be seen as a result of a melting of the dual 120 phase, same way as the earlier spin liquid is a molten 120 phase. The confirmation of the dual spin liquid strengthens our case for both of them.

*Supported by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Award No. DE-FG02-04ER46174

Presenters

  • Alexander Chernyshev

    • University of California, Irvine

Authors

  • Alexander Chernyshev

    • University of California, Irvine
  • Pavel Maksimov

    • University of California, Irvine
  • Zhenyue Zhu

    • University of California, Irvine
  • Steven Robert White

    • University of California, Irvine