Geometry of quantum phase transitions

A Carollo, D Valenti, B Spagnolo - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article we provide a review of geometrical methods employed in the analysis of
quantum phase transitions and non-equilibrium dissipative phase transitions. After a …

Four-spin terms and the origin of the chiral spin liquid in Mott insulators on the triangular lattice

T Cookmeyer, J Motruk, JE Moore - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
At strong repulsion, the triangular-lattice Hubbard model is described by s= 1/2 spins with
nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic Heisenberg interactions and exhibits conventional 120° …

SU (4) chiral spin liquid, exciton supersolid, and electric detection in moiré bilayers

YH Zhang, DN Sheng, A Vishwanath - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
We propose a moiré bilayer as a platform where exotic quantum phases can be stabilized
and electrically detected. Moiré bilayers consist of two separate moiré superlattice layers …

Simulating chiral spin liquids with projected entangled-pair states

J Hasik, M Van Damme, D Poilblanc… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Doubts have been raised on the representation of chiral spin liquids exhibiting topological
order in terms of projected entangled pair states (PEPSs). Here, starting from a simple spin …

Noncoplanar orders and quantum disordered states in maple-leaf antiferromagnets

M Gembé, L Gresista, HJ Schmidt, C Hickey, Y Iqbal… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
A promising route towards the realization of chiral spin liquids is the quantum melting of
classically noncoplanar spin states via quantum fluctuations. In the classical realm, such …

Symmetry fractionalization in the gauge mean-field theory of quantum spin ice

F Desrochers, LE Chern, YB Kim - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Symmetry fractionalization is a ubiquitous feature of topologically ordered states that can be
used to classify different symmetry-enriched topological phases and reveal some of their …

Noncoplanar magnetic order in classical square-kagome antiferromagnets

M Gembé, HJ Schmidt, C Hickey, J Richter, Y Iqbal… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Motivated by the recent synthesis of a number of Mott insulating square-kagome materials,
we explore the rich phenomenology of frustrated magnetism induced by this lattice …

Thermal Hall effect in square-lattice spin liquids: A Schwinger boson mean-field study

R Samajdar, S Chatterjee, S Sachdev, MS Scheurer - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Motivated by recent transport measurements in high-T c cuprate superconductors in a
magnetic field, we study the thermal Hall conductivity in materials with topological order …

Mott insulating states with competing orders in the triangular lattice Hubbard model

A Wietek, R Rossi, F Šimkovic IV, M Klett, P Hansmann… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The physics of the triangular lattice Hubbard model exhibits a rich phenomenology, ranging
from a metal-insulator transition, intriguing thermodynamic behavior, and a putative spin …

Magnetic excitations, phase diagram, and order-by-disorder in the extended triangular-lattice Hubbard model

J Willsher, HK Jin, J Knolle - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The dynamical structure factor is an important observable of quantum magnets but due to
numerical and theoretical limitations, it remains a challenge to make predictions for Hubbard …