Hilbert space shattering and dynamical freezing in the quantum Ising model

O Hart, R Nandkishore - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We discuss quantum dynamics in the transverse field Ising model in two spatial dimensions.
We show that, up to a prethermal timescale, which we quantify, the Hilbert space “shatters” …

Classification of electronic nematicity in three-dimensional crystals and quasicrystals

M Hecker, A Rastogi, DF Agterberg, RM Fernandes - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Electronic nematic order has been reported in a rich landscape of materials, encompassing
not only a range of intertwined correlated and topological phenomena but also different …

Second order Zeeman interaction and ferroquadrupolar order in TmVO4

I Vinograd, KR Shirer, P Massat, Z Wang… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
TmVO4 exhibits ferroquadrupolar order of the Tm 4f electronic orbitals at low temperatures,
and is a model system for Ising nematicity. A magnetic field oriented along the c-axis …

Anisotropic nematic fluctuations above the ferroquadrupolar transition in

Z Wang, I Vinograd, Z Mei, P Menegasso, D Garcia… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Ferroquadrupole order of local atomic orbitals provides a specific realization of electronic
nematic order. TmVO 4 is an insulator and undergoes ferroquadrupolar order associated …

Role of magnetic ions in the thermal Hall effect of the paramagnetic insulator

A Vallipuram, L Chen, E Campillo, M Mezidi… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
In a growing number of materials, phonons have been found to generate a thermal Hall
effect, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Inspired by previous studies that …

Possible realization of three-dimensional quantum spin liquid behavior in HoVO4

D Ranaut, SS Shastri, SK Pandey… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The study of geometrically frustrated magnetic systems with unusual crystal field ground
states offers a possibility of realizing the new aspects of physics of disordered systems. In …

The nematic susceptibility of the ferroquadrupolar metal TmAg2 measured via the elastocaloric effect

EW Rosenberg, M Ikeda, IR Fisher - npj Quantum Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Elastocaloric measurements of the ferroquadrupolar/nematic rare-earth intermetallic TmAg2
are presented. TmAg2 undergoes a cooperative Jahn-Teller-like ferroquadrupolar phase …

Giant elastocaloric effect at low temperatures in TmVO4 and implications for cryogenic cooling

MP Zic, MS Ikeda, P Massat… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Adiabatic decompression of paraquadrupolar materials has significant potential as a
cryogenic cooling technology. We focus on TmVO 4, an archetypal material that undergoes …

Strain-tuned quantum criticality in electronic Potts-nematic systems

AR Chakraborty, RM Fernandes - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Motivated by recent observations of threefold rotational symmetry breaking in twisted moiré
systems, cold-atom optical lattices, quantum Hall systems, and triangular antiferromagnets …

Elucidating correlation-driven insulating state in an effective spin—½ antiferromagnet NdVO4

D Ranaut, A Sihi, MP Saravanan… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The J eff= ½ state: a result of interplay of strong electronic correlations (U) with spin–orbit
coupling (SOC) and crystal field splitting, offers a platform in the research of quantum …