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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254640503321

Autore

Knolle Johannes

Titolo

Dynamics of a Quantum Spin Liquid / / by Johannes Knolle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-23953-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Superconductivity

Superconductors

Magnetism

Magnetic materials

Quantum field theory

String theory

Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity

Magnetism, Magnetic Materials

Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral thesis accepted by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Kitaev's Honeycomb Lattice Model -- Dynamic Spin Correlations - Mapping to a Quantum Quench -- Results for the Structure Error -- Non-Abelian Phase and the Effect of Disorder -- Raman Scattering -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Appendix A: Pfaffians from Path Integrals -- Appendix B: X-Ray Edge and Singular Integral Equations -- Appendix C: Exact Diagonalization of Four Dimers -- Appendix D: Calculation of Matrix Elements.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis presents an exact theoretical study of dynamical correlation functions in different phases of a two-dimensional quantum spin liquid. By calculating the dynamical spin structure factor and the Raman scattering cross section, this thesis shows that there are salient signatures—qualitative and quantitative—of the Majorana fermions and the gauge fluxes emerging as effective degrees of freedom in the



exactly solvable Kitaev honeycomb lattice model. The model is a representative of a class of spin liquids with Majorana fermions coupled to Z2 gauge fields. The qualitative features of the response functions should therefore be characteristic for this broad class of topological states.