Vison States and Confinement Transitions of \(Z_2\) Spin Liquids on the Kagome Lattice
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Huh, Yejin, Matthias Punk, and Subir Sachdev. 2011. Vison states and confinement transitions of \(Z_2\) spin liquids on the kagome lattice. Physical Review B 84(9): 094419.Abstract
We present a projective symmetry group (PSG) analysis of the spinless excitations of \(Z_2\) spin liquids on the kagome lattice. In the simplest case, vortices carrying \(Z_2\) magnetic flux (“visons”) are shown to transform under the 48 element group \(GL(2,Z_3)\). Alternative exchange couplings can also lead to a second case with visons transforming under 288-element group \(GL(2,Z_3)×D_3\). We study the quantum phase transition in which visons condense into confining states with valence bond solid order. The critical field theories and confining states are classified using the vison PSGs.Other Sources
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