Fractionalized Prethermalization in a Driven Quantum Spin Liquid

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 130; no. 22; p. 226701
• Main Authors: Jin, Hui-Ke, Knolle, Johannes, Knap, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 02.06.2023
• Subjects: Cognition; Food; Heating

Quantum spin liquids subject to a periodic drive can display fascinating nonequilibrium heating behavior because of their emergent fractionalized quasiparticles. Here, we investigate a driven Kitaev honeycomb model and examine the dynamics of emergent Majorana matter and Z_{2} flux excitations. We u...