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Emergent Gauge Flux and Spin Ordering in Magnetized Triangular Spin Liquids: Applications to Hofstadter-Hubbard Model

Author(s): Jiahao Yang (杨家豪), Hao Tian, Si-Yu Pan, and Gang v. Chen Motivated by recent progress in moiré superlattices and spin-$1/2$ triangular-lattice antiferromagnets, we study how orbital magnetic flux and Zeeman coupling compete or cooperate in generating internal U(1) gauge flux in a triangular spin liquid. We show that orbital flux favors a chiral spin liqui… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 106502] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026