Homepage of Dr. David Kaib

Address: Institut für Theoretische Physik Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1 60438 Frankfurt Germany Office: 01.144 Phone: +49-69-798-47829 Fax: +49-69-798-47832 E-Mail: kaib itp.uni-frankfurt.de

Scientific Coordinator of DFG-funded CRC ELASTO-Q-MAT (Transregio 288)

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Research interests:

• Frustrated Magnetism
  
• Exact Diagonalization Techniques
  
• Density Functional Theory (DFT)
  

Publications:

1. Zeyu Ma, Danrui Ni, David A. S. Kaib, Kylie MacFarquharson, John S. Pearce, Robert J. Cava, Roser Valenti, Radu Coldea, Amalia I. Coldea,
   Anisotropic magnetic interactions in a candidate Kitaev spin liquid close to a metal-insulator transition
   arXiv:2407.15657 (2024)
   
   
2. John S. Pearce, David A. S. Kaib, Zeyu Ma, Danrui Ni, R. J. Cava, Roser Valenti, Radu Coldea, Amalia I. Coldea,
   Anisotropy of the zigzag order in the Kitaev honeycomb magnet α-RuBr₃
   arXiv:2407.15658 (2024)
   
   
3. Ramesh Dhakal, David A. S. Kaib, Sananda Biswas, Roser Valenti, Stephen M. Winter,
   Spin-Phonon Coupling in Transition Metal Insulators II: Spin-Orbital Moments, Chiral Phonons and Application to α-RuCl₃
   arXiv:2407.00660 (2024)
   
   
4. Amanda A. Konieczna, David A. S. Kaib, Stephen M. Winter, Roser Valentí,
   Understanding the microscopic origin of the magnetic interactions in CoNb₂O₆
   arXiv:2406.17854 (2024)
   
   
5. Aleksandar Razpopov, David A. S. Kaib, Steffen Backes, Leon Balents, Stephen D. Wilson, Francesco Ferrari, Kira Riedl, Roser Valentí,
   A j_eff=1/2 Kitaev material on the triangular lattice: The case of NaRuO₂
   npj Quantum Materials 8, 36 (2023)
   
   
6. Bowen Yang, Yin Min Goh, Suk Hyun Sung, Gaihua Ye, Sananda Biswas, David A. S. Kaib, Ramesh Dhakal, Shaohua Yan, Chenghe Li, Shengwei Jiang, Fangchu Chen, Hechang Lei, Rui He, Roser Valentí, Stephen M. Winter, Robert Hovden, Adam W. Tsen,
   Magnetic anisotropy reversal driven by structural symmetry-breaking in monolayer α-RuCl₃
   Nature Materials 22, 50-57 (2023)
   
   
7. B. Wolf, D. A. S. Kaib, A. Razpopov, S. Biswas, K. Riedl, S. M. Winter, R. Valentí, Y. Saito, S. Hartmann, E. Vinokurova, T. Doert, A. Isaeva, G. Bastien, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, M. Lang,
   Combined experimental and theoretical study of hydrostatic He-gas pressure effects in α-RuCl₃
   Physical Review B 106, 134432 (2022)
   
   
8. David A. S. Kaib, Kira Riedl, Aleksandar Razpopov, Ying Li, Steffen Backes, Igor Mazin, and Roser Valentí,
   Electronic and magnetic properties of the RuX₃ (X=Cl, Br, I) family: two siblings – and a cousin?
   npj Quantum Materials 7, 75 (2022)
   
   
9. Vilmos Kocsis, David A. S. Kaib, Kira Riedl, Sebastian Gass, Paula Lampen-Kelley, David G. Mandrus, Stephen E. Nagler, Nicolás Pérez, Kornelius Nielsch, Bernd Büchner, Anja U. B. Wolter, and Roser Valentí,
   Investigation of the magnetoelastic coupling anisotropy in the Kitaev material α-RuCl₃
   Physical Review B 105, 094410 (2022) (Editors' Suggestion)
   
   
10. Ying Li, Stephen M. Winter, David A. S. Kaib, Kira Riedl, Roser Valentí,
    Modified Curie-Weiss Law for j_eff Magnets
    Physical Review B 103, L220408 (2021)
    
    
11. David A. S. Kaib, Sananda Biswas, Kira Riedl, Stephen M. Winter, Roser Valentí,
    Magnetoelastic coupling and effects of uniaxial strain in α-RuCl₃ from first principles
    Physical Review B 103, L140402 (2021) (Editors' suggestion)
    
    
12. S. Bachus, D. A. S. Kaib, A. Jesche, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, S. M. Winter, A. A. Tsirlin, R. Valentí, P. Gegenwart,
    Angle-dependent thermodynamics of α-RuCl₃
    Physical Review B 103, 054440 (2021)
    
    
13. S. Bachus, D. A. S. Kaib, Y. Tokiwa, A. Jesche, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, S. M. Winter, A. A. Tsirlin, R. Valentí, P. Gegenwart,
    Thermodynamic Perspective on Field-Induced Behavior of α-RuCl₃
    Physical Review Letters 125, 097203 (2020)
    
    
14. A. Sahasrabudhe, D. A. S. Kaib, S. Reschke, R. German, T. C. Koethe, J. Buhot, D. Kamenskyi, C. Hickey, P. Becker, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, S. H. Do, K. Y. Choi, M. Grüninger, S. M. Winter, Zhe Wang, R. Valentí, P. H. M. van Loosdrecht,
    High-Field Quantum Disordered State in α-RuCl₃: Spin Flips, Bound States, and a Multi-Particle Continuum
    Physical Review B 101, 140410(R) (2020) (Editors' suggestion)
    
    
15. David A. S. Kaib, Stephen M. Winter and Roser Valentí,
    Kitaev honeycomb models in magnetic fields: Dynamical response and dual models
    Physical Review B 100, 144445 (2019)
    
    
16. Stephen M. Winter, Kira Riedl, David Kaib, Radu Coldea and Roser Valentí,
    Probing α-RuCl₃ Beyond Magnetic Order: Effects of Temperature and Magnetic Field
    Physical Review Letters 120, 077203 (2018)
    
    

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Teaching:

• SS 22:       Head Tutor: Theorie zu Magnetismus, Supraleitung und Elektronische Korrelation an Festkörpern
  
• WS 21/22: Head Tutor: Theoretische Physik 5: Thermodynamik und statistische Physik
  
• SS 21:       Head Tutor: Höhere Quantenmechanik
  
• WS 20/21: Tutorial Theoretische Physik 5: Thermodynamik und statistische Physik
  
• SS 20:       Tutorial Theoretische Physik 4: Quantenmechanik
  
• WS 19/20: Tutorial Advanced Introduction to C++, Scientific Computing and Machine Learning
  
• SS 19:       Tutorial Theoretische Physik 2: Klassische Mechanik
  
• WS 18/19: Tutorial Theoretische Physik 5: Thermodynamik und statistische Physik
  
• SS 17:       Tutorial Theoretische Physik 4: Quantenmechanik
  
• WS 16/17: Tutorial Theoretische Physik 1: Mathematische Methoden
  

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