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Informal Theory Seminar: Three-dimensional Kitaev spin liquids

Date : Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 〜 Place : Seminar Room 5 (A615), 6th Floor, ISSP Lecturer : Dr. Maria Hermanns Affiliation : Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne Committee Chair : Masaki Oshikawa (63275)
e-mail: oshikawa@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp

The Kitaev honeycomb model is one of the archetypal examples of topological phases of matter. It has played a crucial role in shaping our current understanding of quantum spin liquid phases in two spatial dimensions. In this talk, we will discuss the rich physics arising for generalizations of the Kitaev model to three-dimensional lattice structures. In these models the low-energy degrees of freedom are Majorana fermions that may form various (semi-)metallic states. I will give a comprehensive classification of the resulting quantum spin liquid phases, as well as discuss their properties and possible experimental signatures.


(Published on: Wednesday April 13th, 2016)