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Signatures of a Majorana-Fermi surface in the Kitaev magnet Ag$_3$LiIr$_2$O$_6$

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arxiv 2108.03246 v2 pith:66QBY6B5 submitted 2021-08-06 cond-mat.str-el

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keywords liquidfermionskitaevmajoranaexperimentalhoneycombitinerantliir
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Detecting Majorana fermions in experimental realizations of the Kitaev honeycomb model is often complicated by non-trivial interactions inherent to potential spin liquid candidates. In this work, we identify several distinct thermodynamic signatures of massive, itinerant Majorana fermions within the well-established analytical paradigm of Landau-Fermi liquid theory. We find a qualitative and quantitative agreement between the salient features of our Landau-Majorana liquid theory and the Kitaev spin liquid candidate Ag$_3$LiIr$_2$O$_6$. Our study presents strong evidence for a Fermi liquid-like ground state in the fundamental excitations of a honeycomb iridate, and opens new experimental avenues to detect itinerant Majorana fermions in condensed matter systems.

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