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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/events/complexity-
 and-clarity-kitaev-candidate-materials
LOCATION:C2 - Chemistry 2 200 University Avenue West Room 361 (Reading room
 ) Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Complexity and Clarity for Kitaev Candidate Materials
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES – STEVE WINTER\, WAKE FOREST UNIVERS
 ITY\n\nHOST: A. WEI TSEN\n\nQuantum materials represent a broad class of s
 ystems whose\nexperimental response relies directly on entanglement betwee
 n their\nunderlying degrees of freedom. Modeling of such materials present
 s a\nvariety of challenges related to a disparate variety of complex\nbeha
 viours that manifest at different energy scales\, and a typical\nsensitivi
 ty of responses to model parameters. In this field\,\nfirst-principles app
 roaches often provide a vital bridge between\nexperiments and theoretical 
 models. In this talk\, I will introduce our\nnumerical strategies for syst
 ematically building low-energy models\nwith local charge\, spin\, and orbi
 tal degrees of freedom of arbitrary\ncomplexity. I will discuss the insigh
 ts that these methods have\nyielded for frustrated magnetic insulators col
 lectively known as\n\"Kitaev materials\"\, which have prompted a recent ex
 plosion of interest\nin quantum magnets where spin-orbit coupling induces 
 strongly\nanisotropic and competing magnetic interactions. I will specific
 ally\naddress our recent attempts to understand the magnetic models of\nfe
 w-layer RuCl3 and high-spin d7 Co(II) compounds\, which have recently\nbee
 n identified as possible alternative platforms for realising the\ncelebrat
 ed Kitaev model.
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