Abstract
We will investigate in this project exotic phases of matter which emerge due to the combination of strong spin-orbit coupling and electronic correlations, giving raise the so-called spin-orbit Mott insulators. As systems of interest, we have in mind the materials alpha-RuCl3 e A2IrO3 (A=Na, Li), which are well described by the Heisenberg-Kitaev model. In particular, we shall study in furt…