Detecting crystal symmetry fractionalization from the ground state: Application to Z[subscript 2] spin liquids on the kagome lattice

In quantum spin liquid states, the fractionalized spinon excitations can carry fractional crystal symmetry quantum numbers, and this symmetry fractionalization distinguishes different symmetry-enriched spin liquid states with identical intrinsic topological order. In this work we propose a simple wa...

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Main Authors: Qi, Yang (Author), Fu, Liang (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2015-03-03T20:21:56Z.
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