Kitaev Honeycomb Model: Anyons & Flux

Kitaev's exactly-solvable honeycomb spin model supports non-Abelian anyons — quasiparticles with exotic braiding statistics. Z₂ gauge fluxes (visons) live on plaquettes; Majorana fermions hop along bonds. Click plaquettes to create/annihilate flux pairs. The energy spectrum depends on flux sector, illustrating topological ground-state degeneracy.