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具有物质的\(\mathbb{Z}_k\)规范理论中自对偶临界性的解析框架

Analytic framework for self-dual criticality in $\mathbb{Z}_k$ gauge theory with matter

Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院)

Zhengyan Darius Shi, Arkya Chatterjee

AI总结:

研究\(\mathbb{Z}_k\)规范理论多临界点,提出有效\({\rm U(1)}\times {\rm U(1)}\)规范理论描述其附近情况,揭示临界点处对称性对相变普适性质的约束,给出晶格磁通量算符等相关预测,为拓扑量子临界性研究提供方向。

摘要:

2+1D\(\mathbb{Z}_k\)规范理论的解禁闭相呈现拓扑序,有\(e\)和\(m\)任意子,其编织相位为\(2\pi/k\)。增殖\(e\)或\(m\)分别驱动希格斯或禁闭转变。在这些转变交汇的多临界点,理论具有交换\(e\)和\(m\)任意子的对偶对称性。我们提出一个有效\({\rm U(1)}\times {\rm U(1)}\)规范理论描述\(k\geq4\)时多临界点附近情况。临界点处全局\({\rm U(1)}^{\rm{top}} \times {\rm U(1)}^{\rm{top}}\)对称性对相变普适性质施加有力约束。具体表明:晶格磁通量算符嵌入为具有受保护标度维数的守恒\({\rm U(1)}\)电流;\(k = 2\)时从临界点发出的一阶线在足够大\(k\)时一般消失;在大\(k\)极限下关联长度指数趋近3D XY模型,有\(1/k^2\)阶修正。这些预测可在近期数值模拟中检验,为更全面探索具有任意子置换对称性的拓扑量子临界性铺平道路。

英文摘要:

The deconfined phase of 2+1D $\mathbb{Z}_k$ gauge theory exhibits topological order, with $e$ and $m$ anyons that have a $2π/k$ braiding phase. Proliferating either $e$ or $m$ drives Higgs or confinement transitions, respectively. At the multicritical point where these transitions meet, the theory enjoys an additional duality symmetry that exchanges $e$ and $m$ anyons. This symmetry forces anyons with nontrivial braiding to close their gaps simultaneously, giving rise to a critical theory that mixes strong interactions with mutual statistics. We propose an effective ${\rm U(1)}\times {\rm U(1)}$ gauge theory with a mutual Chern-Simons term at level $k$ to describe the vicinity of the multicritical point for $k \geq 4$. The emergence of a global ${\rm U(1)}^{\rm{top}} \times {\rm U(1)}^{\rm{top}}$ symmetry at the critical point imposes powerful constraints on universal properties of the phase transition. In particular, we show that (1) the lattice magnetic flux operator embeds as a conserved ${\rm U(1)}$ current with protected scaling dimension; (2) the first-order line emanating from the critical point for $k = 2$ disappears generically for sufficiently large $k$; (3) the correlation length exponent approaches that of the 3D XY model with corrections of order $1/k^2$ in the large $k$ limit. These predictions can be tested in near-term numerical simulations and pave the way for a more general exploration of topological quantum criticality enriched with anyon-permuting symmetries.

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