Toward Kitaev's sixteenfold way in a honeycomb lattice model
Shang-Shun Zhang, Cristian D. Batista, Gábor B. Halász
Abstract
The authors realize a large class of topologically ordered phases in an exactly solvable spin model on the honeycomb lattice. These strongly entangled topological phases display a variety of nonlocal anyonic quasiparticles and are characterized by different quantized values of the thermal Hall conductivity.
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Condensed matter physicsPhysicsLattice (music)HoneycombVariety (cybernetics)QuasiparticleClass (philosophy)Honeycomb structureThermalTheoretical physicsClassical XY modelQuantum mechanicsSpin modelTopology (electrical circuits)Spin (aerodynamics)Lattice model (finance)Materials scienceAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsTopological Materials and PhenomenaPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism