Dynamic Spin Correlations in the Honeycomb Lattice Na_{2}IrO_{3} Measured by Resonant Inelastic x-Ray Scattering

A Kitaev quantum spin liquid is a prime example of novel quantum magnetism of spin-orbit entangled pseudospin-1/2 moments in a honeycomb lattice. Most candidate materials such as Na_{2}IrO_{3} have many competing exchange interactions beyond the minimal Kitaev-Heisenberg model whose small variations...

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Main Authors: Jungho Kim, Jiří Chaloupka, Yogesh Singh, J. W. Kim, B. J. Kim, D. Casa, A. Said, X. Huang, T. Gog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-05-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.10.021034