Topological and Trivial Valence-Bond Orders in Higher-Spin Kitaev Models

arXiv:2511.07415 · cond-mat.str-el · Submitted 2025-11-10 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.str-el

Submitted: 2025-11-10

Updated: 2026-10-21

Comments: 4 + 2 +3 pages

Journal ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 176502 (2026)

DOI: 10.1103/7q31-xxsd

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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