In transition-metal compounds with partially filled 4 d and 5 d shells spin–orbit
entanglement, electronic correlations, and crystal-field effects conspire to give rise to a …

We review the recent advances and current challenges in the field of strong spin-orbit
coupled Kitaev materials, with a particular emphasis on the physics beyond the exactly …

Abstract The S= 3/2 Kitaev honeycomb model (KHM) is a quantum spin liquid (QSL) state
coupled to a static Z2 gauge field. Employing an SO (6) Majorana representation of …

A vison is an excitation of the Kitaev spin liquid which carries a Z 2 gauge flux. While
immobile in the pure Kitaev model, it becomes a dynamical degree of freedom in the …

Recent numerical studies indicate that the antiferromagnetic Kitaev honeycomb lattice
model undergoes a magnetic-field-induced quantum phase transition into a new spin-liquid …

The Kitaev model is a fascinating example of an exactly solvable model displaying a spin-
liquid ground state in two dimensions. However, deviations from the original Kitaev model …

The S= 3 2 Kitaev honeycomb model (KHM) is unique among the spin-S Kitaev models due
to a massive ground-state quasidegeneracy that hampered previous numerical and …

The Kitaev honeycomb model hosts a fascinating fractionalized state of matter featuring
emergent Majorana fermions and a vison particle that carries the flux of an emergent gauge …

One-dimensional gapped phases that avoid any symmetry breaking have drawn enduring
attention. In this paper, we study such phases in a bond-alternating spin-1 K-Γ chain built of …

The higher-spin Kitaev magnets, in which the Kitaev interaction and off-diagonal exchange
couplings are overwhelmingly large, have emerged as a fertile avenue to explore exotic …