Session Q1: Gapless Spin Liquids
11:15 AM–1:39 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Room: Ballroom A1
Sponsoring Unit:
DCMP
Chair: Claudio Castelnovo, University of Oxford
Abstract ID: BAPS.2011.MAR.Q1.2
Abstract: Q1.00002 : Spin liquids, spin-orbit coupling, and band topology
11:51 AM–12:27 PM
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Abstract 
Author:
Leon Balents
(Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics)
Much of the search for quantum spin liquids has focused on spin-rotationally invariant model Hamiltonians, appropriate for weakly spin-orbit coupled materials. With strong spin-orbit interactions, distinct theoretical approaches are required, and novel spin liquid states may occur. Some such candidate states will be discussed, along with the mechanisms leading to them.
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