Topologically driven three-spin chiral exchange interactions treated from first principles

Three-body spin-orbit forces from chiral two-pion exchange

Using chiral perturbation theory, we calculate the density-dependent spin-orbit coupling generated by the two-pion exchange three-nucleon interaction involving virtual ∆-isobar excitation. From the corresponding three-loop Hartree and Fock diagrams we obtain an isoscalar spin-orbit strength Fso(kf ) which amounts at nuclear matter saturation density to about half of the empirical value of 90MeV...

Gapped and gapless spin liquid phases on the Kagome lattice from chiral three-spin interactions

We argue that a relatively simple model containing only SU(2)-invariant chiral three-spin interactions on a Kagome lattice of S = 1/2 spins can give rise to both a gapped and a gapless quantum spin liquid. Our arguments are rooted in a formulation in terms of network models of edge states and are backed up by a careful numerical analysis. For a uniform choice of chirality on the lattice, we rea...

A first-principles description of proton-driven spin diffusion.

Herein we design a reduced Liouville space for the simulation of proton-driven spin diffusion. Using this approach, the experimentally observed carbon-13 polarisation transfer in a powder sample undergoing magic-angle spinning is quantitatively described, directly from crystal geometry and without any adjustable parameters.

Anisotropic spin Hall effect from first principles.

We report on first principles calculations of the anisotropy of the intrinsic spin Hall conductivity (SHC) in nonmagnetic hcp metals and in antiferromagnetic Cr. For most of the metals of this study we find large anisotropies. We derive the general relation between the SHC vector and the direction of spin polarization and discuss its consequences for hcp metals. Especially, it is predicted that...

Topologically Protected State Transfer in a Chiral Spin Liquid