Publications

My preprints and publications can be found below, along with links to supplemental materials and videos of talks. My Ph.D. thesis, “Unconventional symmetry breaking in strongly correlated systems” is available here. Alternatively, my work can also be found on Google Scholar or the arxiv.

41.

Collinear Altermagnets and their Landau Theories

Hana Schiff, Paul McClarty, Jeffrey G. Rau, Judit Romhànyi

arxiv:2412.18025 (pdf)

40.

Observing Altermagnetism using Polarized Neutrons

Paul A. McClarty, Arsen Gukasov, Jeffrey G. Rau

Physical Review B 111, L060405 (2025) Letter  arxiv:2410.10771 (pdf)

39.

Magnon Spectra of Cuprates beyond Spin Wave Theory

Jiahui Bao, Matthias Gohlke, Jeffrey G. Rau, Nic Shannon

To appear in Physical Review Research Letter  arxiv:2407.20501 (pdf)

38.

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, Jose A. Rodriguez-Rivera, Andrey A. Podlesnyak, Wei Tian, Adam A. Aczel, Masaaki Matsuda, Philip J. Ryan, Jong-Woo Kim, Jeffrey G. Rau, Kemp W. Plumb

To appear in Physical Review X  arxiv:2407.17559 (pdf, talk)

37.

Unraveling the magnetic ground-state in alkali-metal lanthanide oxide Na₂PrO₃

Ifeanyi John Onuorah, Jonathan Frassineti, Qiaochu Wang, Muhammad Maikudi Isah, Pietro Bonfa, Jeffrey G. Rau, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, A. I. Kolesnikov, Vesna F. Mitrovic, Samuele Sanna, Kemp W. Plumb

Physical Review B 110, 26901 (2024) Editors' Suggestion  arxiv:2407.12935 (pdf)

36.

Synthesis and characterization of the novel breathing pyrochlore compound Ba₃Tm₂Zn₅O₁₁

Lalit Yadav, Rabindranath Bag, Ramesh Dhakal, Stephen M. Winter, Jeffrey G. Rau, Alexander I. Kolesnikov, Andrey A. Podlesnyak, Craig M. Brown, Nicholas P. Butch, David Graf, Michel J.P. Gingras, Sara Haravifard

Physical Review Materials 8, 123401 (2024)  arxiv:2407.00222 (pdf)

35.

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)  arxiv:2404.02196 (pdf)

34.

Landau Theory of Altermagnetism

Paul A. McClarty and Jeffrey G. Rau

Physical Review Letters 132, 176702 (2024) Editors' Suggestion  arxiv:2308.04484 (pdf, talk)

33.

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)  arxiv:2301.11948 (pdf, supp)

32.

Thermal Conductivity of Square Ice

Ruairidh Sutcliffe and Jeffrey G. Rau

Physical Review B 105, 104405 (2022)  arxiv:2111.14872 (pdf, talk)

31.

Towards understanding the magnetic properties of the breathing pyrochlore compound Ba₃Yb₂Zn₅O₁₁: A single crystal study

Sachith Dissanayake, Zhenzhong Shi, Jeffrey G. Rau, Rabindranath Bag, William Steinhardt, Nicholas P. Butch, Matthias Frontzek, Andrey Podlesnyak, David Graf, Casey Marjerrison, Jue Liu, Michel J.P. Gingras, Sara Haravifard

npj Quantum Materials 7, 77 (2022)  arxiv:2111.06293 (pdf)

30.

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)  arxiv:2010.11200 (pdf, talk)

29.

Unravelling competing microscopic interactions at a phase boundary: a single crystal study of the metastable antiferromagnetic pyrochlore Yb₂Ge₂O₇

C. L. Sarkis, Jeffrey G. Rau, L. D. Sanjeewa, M. Powell, J. Kolis, J. Marbey, S. Hill, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, H. S. Nair, M. J. P. Gingras, K.A. Ross

Physical Review B 102, 134418 (2020)  arxiv:1912.09448 (pdf)

28.

Multi-phase competition in quantum XY pyrochlore antiferromagnet CdYb₂Se₄: zero and applied magnetic field study

K. Guratinder, Jeffrey G. Rau, V. Tsurkan, C. Ritter, J. Embs, T. Fennell, H. C. Walker, M. Medarde, T. Shang, A. Cervellino, Ch. Rüegg, O. Zaharko

Physical Review B 100, 094420 (2019)  arxiv:1908.09510 (pdf)

27.

Non-Hermitian topology of spontaneous magnon decay

Paul A. McClarty and Jeffrey G. Rau

Physical Review B 100, 100405 (2019) Rapid Comm.  arxiv:1904.02160 (pdf)

26.

Magnon interactions in the frustrated pyrochlore ferromagnet Yb₂Ti₂O₇

Jeffrey G. Rau, Roderich Moessner and Paul A. McClarty

Physical Review B 100, 104423 (2019)  arxiv:1903.05098 (pdf)

25.

Behavior of the breathing pyrochlore lattice Ba₃Yb₂Zn₅O₁₁ in applied magnetic field

Jeffrey G. Rau, L. S. Wu, A. F. May, A. E. Taylor, I-Lin Liu, J. Higgins, N. P. Butch, K. A. Ross, H. S. Nair, M. D. Lumsden, M. J. P. Gingras and A. D. Christianson

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 30, 455801 (2018)  arxiv:1809.05131 (pdf)

24.

Frustrated quantum rare-earth pyrochlores

Jeffrey G. Rau and Michel J. P. Gingras

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 10, 357-386 (2019)  arxiv:1806.09638 (tutorial, lecture part 1, part 2)

23.

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)  arxiv:1805.00947 (pdf, supp, public talk)

22.

Topological Magnons in Kitaev Magnets at High Fields

P. A. McClarty, X.-Y. Dong, M. Gohlke, Jeffrey G. Rau, F. Pollmann, R. Moessner, K. Penc

Physical Review B 98, 060404(R) (2018) Rapid Comm. Editors' Suggestion  arxiv:1802.04283 (pdf, supp)

21.

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)  arxiv:1802.03024 (pdf, talk)

20.

Spin ice thin films: Large-N theory and Monte Carlo simulations

Etienne Lantagne-Hurtubise, Jeffrey G. Rau and Michel J. P. Gingras

Physical Review X 8, 8747 (2018)  arxiv:1709.00012 (pdf)

19.

Magnetic anisotropy of the alkali iridate Na₂IrO₃ at high magnetic fields: Evidence for strong ferromagnetic Kitaev correlations

S. D. Das, S. Kundu, Z. Zhu, E. Mun, R. D. McDonald, G. Li, L. Balicas, A. McCollam, G. Cao, Jeffrey G. Rau, H.-Y. Kee, V. Tripathi, and S. E. Sebastian

Physical Review B 99, 081101(R) (2019) Rapid Comm.  arxiv:1708.03235 (pdf)

18.

Fingerprints of quantum spin ice in Raman scattering

Jianlong Fu, Jeffrey G. Rau, Michel J. P. Gingras and Natalia B. Perkins

Physical Review B 96, 14942 (2017)  arxiv:1703.03836 (pdf)

17.

Spin slush in an extended spin ice model

Jeffrey G. Rau and Michel J. P. Gingras

Nature Communications 7, 12234 (2016)  arxiv:1603.02683 (pdf, supp, mov1, mov2, talk, press)

16.

Anisotropic exchange within decoupled tetrahedra in the quantum breathing pyrochlore Ba₃Yb₂Zn₅O₁₁

Jeffrey G. Rau, L. S. Wu, A. F. May, L. Poudel, B. Winn, V. O. Garlea, A. Huq, P. Whitfield, A. E. Taylor, M. D. Lumsden, M. J. P. Gingras, and A. D. Christianson

Physical Review Letters 116, 257204 (2016)  arxiv:1601.04104 (pdf, supp, talk)

15.

Refrustration and competing orders in the prototypical Dy₂Ti₂O₇ spin ice material

P. Henelius, T. Lin, M. Enjalran, Z. Hao, Jeffrey G. Rau, J. Altosaar, F. Flicker, T. Yavors'kii, M. J. P. Gingras

Physical Review B 93, 24402 (2016)  arxiv:1512.05361 (pdf)

14.

Order by virtual crystal field fluctuations in pyrochlore XY antiferromagnets

Jeffrey G. Rau, Sylvain Petit and Michel J.P. Gingras

Physical Review B 93, 184408 (2016)  arxiv:1510.04292 (pdf)

13.

Spin-Orbit Physics Giving Rise to Novel States in Correlated Systems

Jeffrey G. Rau, Eric Kin-Ho Lee and Hae-Young Kee

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 7, 195-221 (2016)  arxiv:1507.06323

12.

Magnetic Orders Proximal to the Kitaev Limit in Frustrated Triangular Systems: Application to Ba₃IrTi₂O₉

Andrei Catuneanu, Jeffrey G. Rau, Heung-Sik Kim, and Hae-Young Kee

Physical Review B 92, 165108 (2015)  arxiv:1507.06307 (pdf)

11.

Two iridates, two models, two approaches: a comparative study on magnetism in 3D honeycomb materials

Eric Kin-Ho Lee, Jeffrey G. Rau and Yong Baek Kim

Physical Review B 93, 184420 (2016)  arxiv:1506.06746 (pdf)

10.

Are multiphase competition and order-by-disorder the keys to understanding Yb₂Ti₂O₇?

L.D.C. Jaubert, Owen Benton, Jeffrey G. Rau, J. Oitmaa, R.R.P. Singh, Nic Shannon, Michel J.P. Gingras

Physical Review Letters 115, 267208 (2015)  arxiv:1505.05499 (pdf, supp)

9.

Magnitude of quantum effects in classical spin ice

Jeffrey G. Rau and Michel J. P. Gingras

Physical Review B 92, 144417 (2015)  arxiv:1503.04808 (pdf)

8.

Trigonal distortion in the honeycomb iridates: Proximity of zigzag and spiral phases in Na₂IrO₃

Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee

Unpublished  arxiv:1408.4811

7.

Generic spin model for the honeycomb iridates beyond the Kitaev limit

Jeffrey G. Rau, Eric Kin-Ho Lee and Hae-Young Kee

Physical Review Letters 112, 32388 (2014)  arxiv:1310.7940 (pdf, supp, talk1, talk2)

6.

Symmetry breaking via hybridization with conduction electrons in frustrated Kondo lattices

Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee

Physical Review B 89, 075128 (2014)  arxiv:1306.5749 (pdf)

5.

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) Editors' Suggestion  arxiv:1301.3538 (pdf)

4.

Hidden and antiferromagnetic order as a rank-5 superspin in URu₂Si₂

Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee

Physical Review B 85, 245112 (2012)  arxiv:1203.1047 (pdf)

3.

Hidden spin liquid in an antiferromagnet: Applications to FeCrAs

Jeffrey G. Rau and Hae-Young Kee

Physical Review B 84, 104448 (2011)  arxiv:1107.1002 (pdf)

2.

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)  arxiv:1007.5320 (pdf)

1.

Microscopic route to nematicity in Sr₃Ru₂O₇

Christoph M. Puetter, Jeffrey G. Rau, and Hae-Young Kee

Physical Review B 81, 081105(R) (2010) Rapid Comm.  arxiv:0909.4545 (pdf)