Jeffrey G. Rau | University of Windsor

Crossover from small to large sizes with quantum order-by-disorder

Finite-Size Spectral Signatures of Order by Quantum Disorder: A Perspective from Anderson's Tower of States
Subhankar Khatua, Griffin C. Howson, Michel J. P. Gingras, Jeffrey G. Rau
arxiv:2509.10610 Paper

Inelastic polarized neutron scattering for MnF2

Altermagnetism revealed by polarized neutrons in MnF₂
Quentin Faure, Dalila Bounoua, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, ... Sylvain Petit, Paul McClarty
arxiv:2509.07087 Paper

Spin spiral in square lattice J1-J2-J3 Heisenberg model

Anharmonic Collective Oscillations in Isotropic Spin Systems and their Spectroscopic Signatures
Anna Fancelli, Matías G. Gonzalez, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, Johannes Reuther
arxiv:2508.21211 Paper

Figure from Influence of Kerr Anisotropy in Parametric Amplification

Influence of Kerr Anisotropy in Parametric Amplification
Nathan G Drouillard, Fadi Farook, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, TJ Hammond
arxiv:2506.06871 Paper

Temperature dependence of pseudo-Goldstone gap in cubic compass model

Universal temperature-dependent power law excitation gaps in frustrated quantum spin systems harboring order-by-disorder
Alexander Hickey, Jeffrey G. Rau, Subhankar Khatua, Michel J. P. Gingras
arxiv:2505.18253 Paper

Collinear Altermagnets and their Landau Theories
Hana Schiff, Paul McClarty, Jeffrey G. Rau, Judit Romhànyi
Physical Review Research 7, 14017 (2025) Paper

Letter
Observing Altermagnetism using Polarized Neutrons
Paul A. McClarty, Arsen Gukasov, Jeffrey G. Rau
Physical Review B 111, L060405 (2025) Paper Supp Talk

Letter
Magnon Spectra of Cuprates beyond Spin Wave Theory
Jiahui Bao, Matthias Gohlke, Jeffrey G. Rau, Nic Shannon
Physical Review Research 7, L012053 (2025) Paper

Pulling order back from the brink of disorder: Observation of a nodal line spin liquid and fluctuation stabilized order in K₂IrCl₆
Qiaochu Wang, Alberto de la Torre, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, Kemp W. Plumb
Physical Review X 15, 021021 (2025) Paper Supp Talk 1 Talk 2

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Unraveling the magnetic ground-state in alkali-metal lanthanide oxide Na₂PrO₃
Ifeanyi John Onuorah, Jonathan Frassineti, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, ... Samuele Sanna, Kemp W. Plumb
Physical Review B 110, 26901 (2024) Paper

Synthesis and characterization of the novel breathing pyrochlore compound Ba₃Tm₂Zn₅O₁₁
Lalit Yadav, Rabindranath Bag, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, ... Michel J.P. Gingras, Sara Haravifard
Physical Review Materials 8, 123401 (2024) Paper

Phase diagram of the square lattice Heisenberg compass model

Ground state properties of the Heisenberg-compass model on the square lattice
Subhankar Khatua, Griffin C. Howson, Michel J. P. Gingras, Jeffrey G. Rau
Physical Review B 110, 104426 (2024) Paper

Spin-split Fermi surface in an altermagnet

Editors' Suggestion PRL 2024 Collection
Landau Theory of Altermagnetism
Paul A. McClarty and Jeffrey G. Rau
Physical Review Letters 132, 176702 (2024) Paper Talk Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2

Pseudo-Goldstone modes and dynamical gap generation from order-by-thermal-disorder
Subhankar Khatua, Michel J. P. Gingras, Jeffrey G. Rau
Physical Review Letters 130, 266702 (2023) Paper Supp

Square ice with hot and cold thermal baths

Thermal Conductivity of Square Ice
Ruairidh Sutcliffe and Jeffrey G. Rau
Physical Review B 105, 104405 (2022) Paper Talk

Cuts of inelastic neutron scattering intensity on BYZO

Towards understanding the magnetic properties of the breathing pyrochlore compound Ba₃Yb₂Zn₅O₁₁: A single crystal study
Sachith Dissanayake, Zhenzhong Shi, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, ... Michel J.P. Gingras, Sara Haravifard
npj Quantum Materials 7, 77 (2022) Paper

Majorana-Fermi surface in cross electric and magnetic field

Magnetoelectric generation of a Majorana-Fermi surface in Kitaev's honeycomb model
Rajas Chari, Roderich Moessner, Jeffrey G. Rau
Physical Review B 103, 134444 (2021) Paper Talk

Location of Yb2Ge2O7 near the Gamma5-SFM phase boundary

Unravelling competing microscopic interactions at a phase boundary: a single crystal study of the metastable antiferromagnetic pyrochlore Yb₂Ge₂O₇
C. L. Sarkis, Jeffrey G. Rau, ..., M. J. P. Gingras, K.A. Ross
Physical Review B 102, 134418 (2020) Paper

Inelastic neutron scattering of CdYb2Se4

Multi-phase competition in quantum XY pyrochlore antiferromagnet CdYb₂Se₄: zero and applied magnetic field study
K. Guratinder, Jeffrey G. Rau, ..., Ch. Rüegg, O. Zaharko
Physical Review B 100, 094420 (2019) Paper

Spectral function of non-Hermitian Dirac magnons

Rapid Comm.
Non-Hermitian topology of spontaneous magnon decay
Paul A. McClarty and Jeffrey G. Rau
Physical Review B 100, 100405 (2019) Paper

Magnon interactions in the frustrated pyrochlore ferromagnet Yb₂Ti₂O₇
Jeffrey G. Rau, Roderich Moessner, Paul A. McClarty
Physical Review B 100, 104423 (2019) Paper

Illustration of the breathing pyrochlore lattice

Behavior of the breathing pyrochlore lattice Ba₃Yb₂Zn₅O₁₁ in applied magnetic field
Jeffrey G. Rau, L. S. Wu, ..., M. J. P. Gingras, A. D. Christianson
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 30, 455801 (2018) Paper

Frustrated quantum rare-earth pyrochlores
Jeffrey G. Rau and Michel J. P. Gingras
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 10, 357-386 (2019) Tutorial Lecture 1 Lecture 2

Broken U(1) symmetry by order-by-disorder and types of pseudo-Goldstone modes

Pseudo-Goldstone modes and order-by-quantum-disorder in frustrated magnets
Jeffrey G. Rau, Paul A. McClarty, Roderich Moessner
Physical Review Letters 121, 237201 (2018) Paper Supp Public Talk

Topological chiral edge magnons in a Kitaev magnet

Editors' Suggestion Rapid Comm.
Topological Magnons in Kitaev Magnets at High Fields
P. A. McClarty, X.-Y. Dong, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, ... R. Moessner, K. Penc
Physical Review B 98, 060404(R) (2018) Paper Supp

Pyrochlore spinel lattice with inequivalent bonds coloured

Frustration and anisotropic exchange in ytterbium magnets with edge-shared octahedra
Jeffrey G. Rau and Michel J. P. Gingras
Physical Review B 98, 054408 (2018) Paper Talk

Phase diagram of spin ice thin films as a function of orphan bond exchange

Spin ice thin films: Large-N theory and Monte Carlo simulations
Etienne Lantagne-Hurtubise, Jeffrey G. Rau, Michel J. P. Gingras
Physical Review X 8, 8747 (2018) Paper

Magnetic torque in Na2IrO3 as a function of magnetic field strength and tilt angle

Rapid Comm.
Magnetic anisotropy of the alkali iridate Na₂IrO₃ at high magnetic fields: Evidence for strong ferromagnetic Kitaev correlations
S. D. Das, S. Kundu, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, ... V. Tripathi, S. E. Sebastian
Physical Review B 99, 081101(R) (2019) Paper

Feynmann diagram for scattering a photon to two spinons and an emergent photon in quantum spin ice

Fingerprints of quantum spin ice in Raman scattering
Jianlong Fu, Jeffrey G. Rau, Michel J. P. Gingras, Natalia B. Perkins
Physical Review B 96, 14942 (2017) Paper

Spin slush in an extended spin ice model
Jeffrey G. Rau and Michel J. P. Gingras
Nature Communications 7, 12234 (2016) Paper Supp Movie 1 Movie 2 Talk

Anisotropic exchange within decoupled tetrahedra in the quantum breathing pyrochlore Ba₃Yb₂Zn₅O₁₁
Jeffrey G. Rau, L. S. Wu, ..., M. J. P. Gingras, A. D. Christianson
Physical Review Letters 116, 257204 (2016) Paper Supp Talk

Theoretical neutron scattering intensity in a generalized dipolar spin ice model for Dy2Ti2O7

Refrustration and competing orders in the prototypical Dy₂Ti₂O₇ spin ice material
P. Henelius, T. Lin, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, ... T. Yavors'kii, M. J. P. Gingras
Physical Review B 93, 24402 (2016) Paper

Illustration of the opening of the pseudo-Goldstone gap via virtual crystal field fluctuations in Er2Ti2O7

Order by virtual crystal field fluctuations in pyrochlore XY antiferromagnets
Jeffrey G. Rau, Sylvain Petit, Michel J.P. Gingras
Physical Review B 93, 184408 (2016) Paper

Illustration of the spin (red/blue) and charge (surface) distributions of a spin-orbital entangled atomic orbital

Spin-Orbit Physics Giving Rise to Novel States in Correlated Systems
Jeffrey G. Rau, Eric Kin-Ho Lee, Hae-Young Kee
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 7, 195-221 (2016)

Illustration of exchange paths in a triangular Kitaev material

Magnetic Orders Proximal to the Kitaev Limit in Frustrated Triangular Systems: Application to Ba₃IrTi₂O₉
Andrei Catuneanu, Jeffrey G. Rau, Heung-Sik Kim, Hae-Young Kee
Physical Review B 92, 165108 (2015) Paper

Phase diagram of a hyper-honeycomb generalized Kitaev model

Two iridates, two models, two approaches: a comparative study on magnetism in 3D honeycomb materials
Eric Kin-Ho Lee, Jeffrey G. Rau, Yong Baek Kim
Physical Review B 93, 184420 (2016) Paper

Phase diagram showing the Gamma5 and splayed ferromagnet boundary and illustrations of the psi2, psi3 and ferromagnetic spin configurations

Are multiphase competition and order-by-disorder the keys to understanding Yb₂Ti₂O₇?
L.D.C. Jaubert, Owen Benton, ..., Jeffrey G. Rau, ... Nic Shannon, Michel J.P. Gingras
Physical Review Letters 115, 267208 (2015) Paper Supp

Neutron scattering intensity for nearest neighbour spin ice showing pinch points

Magnitude of quantum effects in classical spin ice
Jeffrey G. Rau and Michel J. P. Gingras
Physical Review B 92, 144417 (2015) Paper

Phase diagram of a generalized Kitaev model including trigonal distortion

Trigonal distortion in the honeycomb iridates: Proximity of zigzag and spiral phases in Na₂IrO₃
Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee
arxiv:1408.4811 Paper

Phase diagram of a generalized Kitaev model relevant for honeycomb iridates and ruthenates

Generic spin model for the honeycomb iridates beyond the Kitaev limit
Jeffrey G. Rau, Eric Kin-Ho Lee, Hae-Young Kee
Physical Review Letters 112, 32388 (2014) Paper Supp Talk 1 Talk 2

Illustration of the emergent flux configuration in a hybridized ground state in a model of Pr2Ir2O7

Symmetry breaking via hybridization with conduction electrons in frustrated Kondo lattices
Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee
Physical Review B 89, 075128 (2014) Paper

Phase diagram of a one-dimensional model intended to capture some of the physics of the rare-earth nickelates

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Ordering and criticality in an underscreened Kondo chain
Wing-Ho Ko, Hong-Chen Jiang, Jeffrey G. Rau, Leon Balents
Physical Review B 87, 205107 (2013) Paper

Tight-binding Fermi surfaces for the hidden order compound URu2Si2

Hidden and antiferromagnetic order as a rank-5 superspin in URu₂Si₂
Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee
Physical Review B 85, 245112 (2012) Paper

Hidden spin liquid in an antiferromagnet: Applications to FeCrAs
Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee
Physical Review B 84, 104448 (2011) Paper

Phase diagram of a Pd[(dmit)2] organic salt as a function of temperature and Pressure

Emergence of Superconductivity, Valence Bond Order, and Mott Insulators in Pd[(dmit)₂] Based Organic Salts
Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee
Physical Review Letters 106, 23813 (2011) Paper

Fermi surfaces of a tight-binding model of Sr3Ru2O7 with and without nematic order

Rapid Comm.
Microscopic route to nematicity in Sr₃Ru₂O₇
Christoph M. Puetter, Jeffrey G. Rau, Hae-Young Kee
Physical Review B 81, 081105(R) (2010) Paper

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