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Magnetic field induced quantum phases in a tensor network study of Kitaev magnets

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Pith's one-line read In the K-Γ-Γ′ model of Kitaev magnets, the chiral Kitaev spin liquid occupies only a small corner of the magnetic-field phase diagram, while two nematic paramagnetic phases fill the intermediate-field window between zig-zag order and the…

desk verdict Thermodynamic-limit iTPS study that shrinks the chiral Kitaev spin liquid to a small corner and puts two nematic paramagnets in the intermediate-field window; the NP2 boundaries and the topological interpretation are not yet solid. read the letter →

arxiv 1908.07671 v2 pith:FJLEDFLH submitted 2019-08-21 cond-mat.str-el

Hyun-Yong Lee , Ryui Kaneko , Li Ern Chern , Tsuyoshi Okubo , Youhei Yamaji , Naoki Kawashima , Yong Baek Kim This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords Kitaevspinliquidchiralalpha-RuCl3nematicparamagnettensornetworkinfiniteproductstatesK-Gamma-Gamma'modelmagneticfieldinducedphases
open problems P versus NP
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal

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The reading

The paper asks which quantum ground states actually appear between the low-field zig-zag magnetic order and the high-field polarized state in minimal models of the Kitaev magnet $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$. Working directly in the two-dimensional thermodynamic limit with infinite tensor product states, it claims that the chiral Kitaev spin liquid, previously thought to occupy a large window in magnetic field, survives only in a small corner of the phase diagram. Instead, two nematic paramagnet phases, NP1 and NP2, occupy the intermediate-field window; both spontaneously break the lattice threefold rotational symmetry down to a twofold one. If the phase diagram is correct, the field-induced intermediate phase seen in $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ is more plausibly a broken-symmetry paramagnet than a chiral spin liquid, and experiments should probe rotational-symmetry breaking rather than Majorana edge signatures alone.

What carries the argument

The central object is the infinite tensor product state (iTPS), a variational tensor-network wavefunction on the infinite honeycomb lattice with virtual bond dimension $D$, optimized by imaginary time evolution with a simple local update. The argument is carried by comparing the energies of states evolved from many initial configurations—the string-gas representation of the Kitaev spin liquid, ferromagnetic states along different axes, and the 6-site and 18-site classical magnetic orders—and by characterizing the winner through the flux operator $\hat{W}_p$, the magnetization components, and the entanglement entropy computed from the tensor-network boundary theory. The tilted-field setup breaks the rotational symmetry explicitly and removes the initial-state bias near the P–NP transition, which is what lets the paper see a continuous transition rather than a first-order one.

What would settle it

At $h = 0.15$ with the field tilted by $\theta = 5^\circ$, the paper places the polarized-to-NP2 transition at $\Gamma/|K| \approx 0.05$, signaled by a peak in the second derivative of the energy and in the first derivative of the entanglement entropy; rerunning the optimization at $D = 8$, 10, and 12 and finding that these peaks wash out, shift discontinuously, or vanish—or that the FM[100] and FM[011] initial states converge to the polarized state throughout this window—would show the NP phase and its continuous transition are ansatz artifacts. Experimentally, measuring longitudinal thermal conductivity and magnetic susceptibility along different in-plane directions in $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ and finding no $C_3$-breaking anisotropy in the intermediate-field phase would rule out the nematic paramagnets in the material.

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Core claim

Using the infinite tensor product state (iTPS) ansatz with bond dimension $D=6$, the study maps the ground-state phase diagram of the K-Γ-Γ′ model with ferromagnetic Kitaev coupling, $\Gamma' = -0.03$, and a magnetic field along [111]. The central discovery is that the chiral Kitaev spin liquid is confined to a small corner of the $(\Gamma/|K|, h)$ plane, in contrast to the large spin-liquid window reported by 24-site exact diagonalization and two-leg ladder DMRG. The intermediate-field region between the zig-zag and polarized phases is instead occupied by two nematic paramagnetic phases, NP1 and NP2, which break the rotational symmetry of the honeycomb lattice down to $C_2$ and acquire finite magnetization only under the field. A slightly tilted field reveals a continuous transition between the polarized phase and NP2, signaled by a peak in the first derivative of the entanglement entropy; since no conventional symmetry distinguishes these phases, the authors conclude that NP2 is not a trivial product state and may be non-trivial or topological. The same NP phases appear in the K-Γ model ($\Gamma' = 0$), where they survive down to almost zero field and give way to 6-site and 18-site magnetic orders at larger $\Gamma$.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing assumption is that the imaginary-time tensor-network optimization at bond dimension 6, started from the ten chosen initial states, finds the true ground state everywhere in the phase diagram; the authors themselves state that this simple-update scheme 'can be easily biased by the initial choice,' so if the small KSL corner and the NP phases are artifacts of that bias, the central claim collapses.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • In the K-Γ-Γ′ model with $\Gamma' = -0.03$, the chiral Kitaev spin liquid is confined to a small corner of the phase diagram, contradicting the much wider spin-liquid window found by 24-site exact diagonalization and two-leg ladder DMRG.
  • The NP1 and NP2 phases break the threefold lattice rotational symmetry, so longitudinal thermal conductivity and magnetic susceptibility measured along different in-plane directions should show a $C_3$-breaking anisotropy if these phases occur in $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$.
  • Because the polarized-to-NP2 transition is continuous in a tilted field and no symmetry separates the two phases, the NP states are not smoothly connected to a trivial product state and may be non-trivial topological states.
  • In the K-Γ model ($\Gamma' = 0$), the NP phases appear even at almost zero field, and the complex 6-site and 18-site magnetic orders from the classical phase diagram re-emerge only for larger $\Gamma$.
  • The $\Gamma'$ interaction weakens the Kitaev spin liquid against the field: the KSL-to-polarized critical field drops from roughly 0.01925 at $\Gamma' = 0$ to about 0.01075 at $\Gamma' = -0.03$.

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Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the NP phases are indeed non-trivial topological states, the half-quantized thermal Hall signal in $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ could in part come from the nematic paramagnets, so future experiments should map the thermal Hall signal together with a rotational-symmetry-breaking probe across the same field window.
  • The authors' own warning that simple-update imaginary time evolution is initial-state biased suggests the phase diagram should be rechecked with a fully unbiased variational optimization; a natural test is whether the NP1/NP2 regions survive at substantially larger bond dimension or with gradient-based tensor updates.
  • Because the NP phases appear in both the K-Γ-Γ′ and K-Γ models, other spin-orbital-entangled honeycomb magnets with sizable Kitaev and Γ interactions may exhibit the same nematic paramagnetic window; the paper's in-plane anisotropy prediction gives a concrete signature to look for before magnetization saturates.
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Summary. The manuscript studies the K-Γ-Γ' model of Kitaev magnets in a [111] magnetic field using infinite tensor product states (iTPS) with imaginary-time evolution and a simple update. The authors report a phase diagram with a small chiral Kitaev spin liquid (KSL) pocket, a polarized phase, two nematic paramagnet phases (NP1 and NP2) occupying a large intermediate-field window, and a low-field zig-zag phase. They also consider the Γ'=0 K-Γ model and tilted fields, and argue that a continuous transition between the polarized and NP2 phases in a tilted field implies that NP2 is a topologically non-trivial state. The paper includes extensive supplementary material on initial-state dependence, bond-dimension dependence, and energy comparisons.

Significance. The interpretation of the field-induced phase in α-RuCl3 is an important open problem, and the claim that the KSL is confined to a small corner while nematic paramagnets dominate the intermediate-field regime directly challenges earlier finite-size ED and DMRG results. If established, the predictions of C3-breaking anisotropy in thermal conductivity and susceptibility would be of considerable experimental interest. The paper's strengths are its thermodynamic-limit approach, the use of multiple independent initial states, and the supplementary documentation of convergence checks. However, the main claims are not yet supported to the required standard: the central phase diagram depends on D=6 simple-update iTPS, which the authors themselves describe as easily biased, and the convergence of the NP2 phase is not demonstrated.

major comments (4)
  1. [Methods; Fig. 1] The phase diagram in Fig. 1 is determined by comparing variational energies from D=6 simple-update iTPS runs, but the Methods section states that this optimization 'can be easily biased by the initial choice of Ti', and Supplementary Note 2 warns that 'the correct phase boundary and its nature might be concealed by such a biased optimization'. As the NP1 and NP2 phases are identified as the lowest-energy states among runs seeded from classical product states, the possibility remains that these phases are artifacts of the biased optimization. Please provide quantitative evidence, such as energy differences relative to estimated error bars or D=8/D=10 sweeps across the full parameter range, that the NP1/NP2 window is stable.
  2. [Supplementary Note 3] Supplementary Note 3 reports that the NP2 magnetization is not converged at D=6, with discrepancies between D=6 and D=8, and that D=4 does not represent the NP2 state well. Since the NP2 phase is a central finding, the claim that the phase diagram 'will be more or less the same' at larger D is an assertion rather than a demonstrated result. Please show the D-dependence of NP2 energies, magnetizations, and phase boundaries for the parameter range of interest, and specify the accuracy required to distinguish the competing states.
  3. [Supplementary Note 8] Supplementary Note 8 shows that the energy difference between FM and NP2 states is ~ O(10^-4) at Γ/|K| = 0.03 and 0.095. This is below the expected accuracy of a fixed-τ (τ=0.01) simple-update imaginary-time evolution, so the ground-state selection between these phases at low field is not established. Please specify the accuracy of the energy evaluation and explain why energy differences of this magnitude are meaningful despite the acknowledged optimization bias.
  4. [Fig. 3; Conclusion] The conclusion that the continuous P–NP2 transition in a tilted field (θ=5°) implies a topological transition is not fully supported. A continuous transition between two states that break no symmetry could indicate a topological distinction, but it could also reflect other non-symmetry-breaking order or a crossover sharpened by the variational bias. Moreover, the entanglement entropy data in Fig. 3 and Supplementary Fig. 3 are obtained for small cylinder circumference Ly=2; please provide evidence that the EE peak sharpens with Ly and clarify what topological invariant or ground-state degeneracy would distinguish the NP2 phase from a trivial paramagnet.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Eq. (1)] In Eq. (1), the Γ' term appears to contain a typo: the final term is written twice as Sν_i Sγ_j; it should likely be Sγ_i Sν_j. Please correct the expression.
  2. [Fig. 1] The phase diagram uses the label 'K' for the Kitaev spin liquid phase while 'KSL' is used elsewhere in the text; please unify the notation for clarity.
  3. [Fig. 2 caption] The caption of Fig. 2 does not specify the meaning of the green dotted lines or the shaded regions in the upper panels; please expand the caption to state what quantities are shown and how the phase boundaries are determined.
  4. [Supplementary Note 3] Supplementary Note 3 refers to 'Fig. 2 in the main text' when presumably referring to the phase diagram; this cross-reference should be corrected to the appropriate figure.
  5. [Data and code availability] The statements that code and data are 'available from the authors upon reasonable request' are less reproducible than a public repository deposit; please consider providing permanent access to the exact codes and generated data.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the phase diagram is a variational energy-comparison result; the admitted initial-state bias is a numerical limitation, not a definitional reduction.

full rationale

The phase diagram is obtained by variational iTPS energy minimization: for each parameter point the ground state is selected as the lowest-energy optimized state among runs seeded from multiple symmetry-distinct initial states, including FM[111], FM[100], FM[011], zigzag, 6-site, 8-site and 18-site states, and the string-gas state. The NP1/NP2 and KSL labels are therefore not fitted parameters or definitions: they are the lowest-energy states found by a documented optimization procedure. The string-gas seed comes from the authors' prior work, but that representation is anchored to the exactly solvable Kitaev spin liquid, and the paper benchmarks h_c(Γ'=0)≈0.01925 against independent DMRG/ED values. The simple-update ITE is admittedly initial-state biased (Supplementary Note 2: 'the correct phase boundary and its nature might be concealed by such a biased optimization'), which is a genuine numerical convergence risk, especially for NP2 whose D=6 and D=8 magnetizations differ and whose FM/NP2 energy differences are O(10^-4). However, bias in a variational optimizer is not circularity: no output quantity is defined in terms of an input quantity, no fitted parameter is later renamed as a prediction, and the NP claim is supported by energy comparison among multiple independent seeds plus the tilted-field continuous-transition analysis. Moreover, Supplementary Note 4 shows that large-unit-cell classical seeds restore translational symmetry and converge to P/NP/ZZ states, so the outputs are not locked to the seeds by construction. Accordingly no circular step is exhibited and the score is 0.

Assumptions & free parameters 4 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The paper introduces no new fundamental entities; the NP phases are states within an existing model. The main burden falls on numerical convergence and the modeling assumption for α-RuCl3, plus the auxiliary assumption used to infer topological character from the tilted-field transition.

free parameters (4)
  • Γ' (Gamma prime) interaction strength = -0.03 (in units of sqrt(K^2+Γ^2)=1)
    Fixed by hand to model α-RuCl3; determines the zero-field zig-zag order and phase diagram at low fields.
  • Bond dimension D = 6 (main results); up to 12 for extrapolation
    Numerical truncation of the iTPS ansatz; convergence is asserted but not fully demonstrated for NP2.
  • Imaginary time step τ = 0.01
    Discretization in ITE; chosen fixed, not stated as converged.
  • Linear extrapolation slope for magnetization vs 1/D = Not given numerically
    Used in Supplementary Note 7 to claim zero magnetization at D→∞ for zero-field NP phase; a fit to justify the quantum paramagnet nature.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption The K-Γ-Γ' model (Eq. 1) with K<0, Γ>0, Γ'=-0.03 captures the essential physics of α-RuCl3.
    The entire material relevance rests on this; the model is a minimal candidate, not derived from first principles for the specific material.
  • domain assumption iTPS with simple-update imaginary time evolution converges to the true ground state for the phases identified.
    The method is biased by initial states (noted in Methods and Supp. Note 2); the KSL is only found from the string gas initial state.
  • ad hoc to paper The string gas state (from the authors' previous work, Ref. 1) provides a valid representation of the Kitaev spin liquid to seed the optimization.
    KSL identification depends entirely on this input; no independent validation of the SG state in this parameter regime.
  • ad hoc to paper A continuous transition between P and NP2 in a tilted field (θ=5°) where C3 is explicitly broken implies the phases are topologically distinct.
    This is used to conclude NP2 is non-trivial; a continuous transition without symmetry difference does not necessarily imply topological order.

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abstract

Recent discovery of the half quantized thermal Hall conductivity in $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$, a candidate material for the Kitaev spin liquid, suggests the presence of a highly entangled quantum state in external magnetic fields. This field induced phase appears between the low field zig-zag magnetic order and the high field polarized state. Motivated by this experiment, we study possible field induced quantum phases in theoretical models of the Kitaev magnets, using the two dimensional tensor network approach or infinite tensor product states. We find various quantum ground states in addition to the chiral Kitaev spin liquid occupying a small area in the phase diagram. They form a band of emergent quantum phases in an intermediate window of external magnetic fields, somewhat reminiscent of the experiment. We discuss the implications of these results in view of the experiment and previous theoretical studies.

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Figure 1. FIG. 1. Ground state phase diagram. (a) The magnetiza [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. FIG. 2. Distinguishing phases. Plots of variational energy [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. FIG. 4. Comparison to the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Transition between the P and NP2 phases. Plots of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_3.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Methods. Schematic figures of (a) the honeycomb [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_5.png]
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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. The unit cell structures of various magnetic states, where the sublattices are labeled with numbers, and the blue arrows [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_1.png]
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. (left) The variational energies depending on various initial states at (Γ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_2.png]
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Bond dependence of (a) the second derivative of variational energy, (b) magnetization, (c) the entanglement entropy [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_3.png]
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Plots of (left) the variational energies of the large unit-cell anstaze, i.e., the 6-site, 8-site and 18-site1 state, and the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_4.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Comparison of (upper) energies and (lower) energy differences of ground-state candidates for (left) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Bond dependence of (left) the variational energy [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_6.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Plots of (left) the variational energy, (center) magnetization and (right) flux expectation value as a function of the field [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_7.png]
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. Plots of (left) the variational energy and its second derivative, (center) magnetization and its second derivative, and [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_8.png]
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Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. Plots of (left) the variational energy and (right) magnetization as a function of the inverse of the bond dimension [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_9.png]
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Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10. Plots of variational energies [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_10.png]
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Figure 11. Figure 11: FIG. 11. Plots of (left) the variational energy, (center) the magnetization, and (right) the flux expectation value of the optimized [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_11.png]
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Figure 12. Figure 12: FIG. 12. The coefficient of the area law in the entanglement entropy at [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_12.png]

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