Kitaev model and dimer coverings on the honeycomb lattice

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2010/08/P08010zbMATH Open1456.82276arXiv1005.5103WikidataQ59480006 ScholiaQ59480006MaRDI QIDQ3301176FDOQ3301176

Authors: Michael Kamfor, Sébastien Dusuel, Julien Vidal, Kai Phillip Schmidt 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider an extension of the Kitaev honeycomb model based on arbitrary dimer coverings satisfying matching rules. We focus on three different dimer coverings having the smallest unit cells for which we calculate the ground-state phase diagram. We also study one- and two-vortex properties for these coverings in the Abelian phases and show that vortex-vortex interactions can be attractive or repulsive. These qualitative differences are confirmed analytically by high-order perturbative expansions around the isolated-dimer limit. Similarities and differences with the original Kitaev honeycomb model are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.5103

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Exactly solvable models; Bethe ansatz (82B23) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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