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 …

Spin-orbit coupled honeycomb magnets with the Kitaev interaction have received a lot of
attention due to their potential of hosting exotic quantum states including quantum spin …

Recent discovery of the half quantized thermal Hall conductivity in α-RuCl 3, a candidate
material for the Kitaev spin liquid, suggests the presence of a highly entangled quantum …

The frustrated magnet α-RuCl3 constitutes a fascinating quantum material platform that
harbors the intriguing Kitaev physics. However, a consensus on its intricate spin interactions …

Thermal transport in topologically-ordered phases of matter provides valuable insights as it
can detect the charge-neutral quasiparticles that would not directly couple to …

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 …

We compute the low-energy excitation spectrum and the dynamical spin structure factor of
the Kitaev-Heisenberg-Gamma model through a variational approach based on the exact …

There has been a great interest in magnetic field induced quantum spin liquids in Kitaev
magnets after the discovery of neutron scattering continuum and half-quantized thermal Hall …

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 …

Finding the Kitaev spin liquid in candidate materials involves understanding the entire
phase diagram, including other allowed interactions. One of these interactions, called the …