Kitaev Magnets

Presentations

• Spin waves in the Kitaev quantum magnet Na₂Co₂TeO₆: Successes and failures of the triple-q model

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Publication: Phys. Rev. B 112, 104406: doi.org/10.1103/qk2w-hx49

  Presenters

  • Luca Bischof

    • Heidelberg University in Germany

  Authors

  • Luca Bischof

    • Heidelberg University in Germany

  • Jan Arneth

  • Raju Kalaivanan

  • Raman Sankar

  • Kwang-Yong Choi

  • Rüdiger Klingeler

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• Phonon-enhanced metastable melting of magnetic order in a quantum spin liquid candidate

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Tianchuang Luo

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Tianchuang Luo

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Honglie Ning

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Batyr Ilyas

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Zhengbang Zhou

    • University of Toronto

  • Asimpunya Mitra

    • University of Toronto

  • Tommy Tai

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Chaebin Kim

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Je-Geun Park

    • Seoul Natl Univ

  • Yong-Baek Kim

    • University of Toronto

  • Nuh Gedik

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Perturbing Kitaev honeycomb magnets with staggered magnetic fields: A first-principle and exact-diagonalization study

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Pedro M. Cônsoli

    • Arizona State University

  Authors

  • Pedro M. Cônsoli

    • Arizona State University

  • Ezra Day-Roberts

    • Arizona State University

  • Antia Botana

    • Arizona State University

  • Onur Erten

    • Arizona State University

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• Nonlinear Spectroscopy for Anyon Braiding

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Publication: "Detection of anyon braiding through pump-probe spectroscopy" arXiv:2503.22792, accepted at PNAS

  Presenters

  • Ryan Buechele

    • Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Ryan Buechele

    • Ohio State University

  • Xu Yang

    • Nanyang Technological University

  • Nandini Trivedi

    • Ohio State University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

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  March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM

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• Effective Hamiltonian and Exact Solutions for Two Anyons in the Kitaev Toric Code

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Jackson Dillard

    • University of Kentucky

  Authors

  • Jackson Dillard

    • University of Kentucky

  • Chunli Huang

    • University of Kentucky

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• Abstract Withdrawn

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  March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM

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• Ab Initio Derivation of Magnetic Interactions in RuP3SiO11 and Substitutional Analogs: A Separated Face-Parallel Octahedra Kitaev Spin Liquid Candidate Family

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Tom Berlijn

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Tom Berlijn

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Do Hoon Kiem

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Satoshi Okamoto

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Christian Balz

    • Oak Ridge National Lab

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• Digital Quantum Simulation of the Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquid

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: [1]. Seongjun Park and Eun-Gook Moon, "Digital quantum simulation of the Kitaev quantum spin liquid," Phys. Rev. B (accepted; Sep 2025). DOI: to be assigned.
  [2]. Seongjun Park and Eun-Gook Moon, arXiv:2506.09156 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Seongjun Park

    • Korea Adv Inst of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Seongjun Park

    • Korea Adv Inst of Sci & Tech

  • Eun-Gook Moon

    • Korea Adv Inst of Sci & Tech

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• Chiral spin liquid instability of the Kitaev honeycomb model with lattice defects

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Publication: 1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41535-025-00765-4
  2. "Chiral spin liquid instability of the Kitaev honeycomb model with crystallographic defects," Manuscript under preparation

  Presenters

  • ARNAB SETH

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • ARNAB SETH

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Fay Borhani

  • Itamar Kimchi

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Fractionalization and Emergent Z₂ Topological Order in Kagome Dipolar Systems

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Publication: [1] P. Zhao and G. Chen, Z2 topological orders in kagome dipolar systems: Feedback from Rydberg quantum simulator, SciPost Physics 19, 040 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Pengwei Zhao

    • Peking Univ

  Authors

  • Pengwei Zhao

    • Peking Univ

  • Gang Chen

    • Peking Univ

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• Exotic superconductivity in the doped Kitaev quantum spin liquid

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Takahiro Misawa

    • University of Tokyo

  Authors

  • Takahiro Misawa

    • University of Tokyo

  • Kota Ido

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• Itinerant carriers and topological phases in Kitaev-Heisenberg ladders 

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Márcio Sousa

  Authors

  • Sergio Ulloa

    • Ohio University

  • Edson Vernek

    • Universidade Federal de Uberlandia

  • Oscar Avalos-Ovando

    • University of North Carolina Greensboro

  • Márcio Sousa

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• Dynamical transition in the Kitaev spin liquid under an external magnetic field

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Publication: paper submitted to Phys. Rev. B.

  Presenters

  • Yi-Xin Dai

    • Peking university

  Authors

  • Yi-Xin Dai

    • Peking university

  • Qing-Feng Sun

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