Symmetry fractionalization in the gauge mean-field theory of quantum spin ice

F Desrochers, LE Chern, YB Kim - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Symmetry fractionalization is a ubiquitous feature of topologically ordered states that can be
used to classify different symmetry-enriched topological phases and reveal some of their …

Emergent elasticity in amorphous solids

JN Nampoothiri, Y Wang, K Ramola, J Zhang… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
The mechanical response of naturally abundant amorphous solids such as gels, jammed
grains, and biological tissues are not described by the conventional paradigm of broken …

Pyrochlore U (1) spin liquid of mixed-symmetry enrichments in magnetic fields

XP Yao, YD Li, G Chen - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
We point out the experimental relevance and the detection scheme of symmetry-enriched U
(1) quantum spin liquids (QSLs) outside the perturbative spin-ice regime. Recent …

Hybrid dyons, inverted Lorentz force, and magnetic Nernst effect in quantum spin ice

CR Laumann, R Moessner - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Topological magnets host two sets of gauge fields: that of native Maxwell electromagnetism,
owing to the magnetic dipole moment of its constituent microscopic moments, and that of the …

Experimentally tunable QED in dipolar-octupolar quantum spin ice

A Sanders, H Yan, C Castelnovo… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We propose a readily achievable experimental setting where an external magnetic field is
used to tune the emergent quantum electrodynamics (eQED) of dipolar-octupolar quantum …

Probing emergent QED in quantum spin ice via Raman scattering of phonons: Shallow inelastic scattering and pair production

A Seth, S Bhattacharjee, R Moessner - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We present an unconventional mechanism for Raman scattering of phonons, which is based
on the linear magnetoelastic coupling present in non-Kramers magnetic ions. This provides …

Vison crystal in quantum spin ice on the breathing pyrochlore lattice

A Sanders, C Castelnovo - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Recent excitement in the quantum spin ice (QSI) community has come from the experimental
discovery of pseudospin-1 2 breathing pyrochlores, including Ba 3 Yb 2 Zn 5 O 11, in which …

Seeing beyond the light: Vison and photon electrodynamics in quantum spin ice

A Szabó, C Castelnovo - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Understanding the nature and behavior of excitations in quantum spin liquids, and in
topological phases of matter in general, is of fundamental importance and has proven …

Extended Coulomb liquid of paired hardcore boson model on a pyrochlore lattice

CJ Huang, C Liu, Z Meng, Y Yu, Y Deng, G Chen - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
There is growing interest in the U (1) Coulomb liquid in both quantum materials in
pyrochlore ice and cluster Mott insulators and cold-atom systems. We explore a paired …

Vison-generated photon mass in quantum spin ice: A theoretical framework

MP Kwasigroch - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Describing the experimental signatures of quantum spin ice has been the focus of many
theoretical efforts, as definitive experimental verification of this candidate quantum spin …