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arXiv 2409.01019cond-mat.str-elcond-mat.quant-gas
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调制SU(N)海森堡自旋链中的非朗道量子相变

Non-Landau quantum phase transition in modulated SU(N) Heisenberg spin chains

Sylvain Capponi, Lukas Devos, Philippe Lecheminant, Keisuke Totsuka, Laurens Vanderstraeten

AI总结:

本研究探究调制SU(N)海森堡自旋链的量子相变,发现奇数N下存在由边缘态离域主导、SU(N)₁共形场论描述的非朗道相变,且手性SPT相的分数化自旋子可被参数微调囚禁。

摘要:

我们研究了调制SU(N)海森堡自旋链中量子相变的性质。在N为奇数的情况下,该相变分隔了平凡非简并相与双重简并有能隙的手性PSU(N)对称性保护拓扑(SPT)相,后者会自发破缺反演对称性。该相变并非与$\boldsymbol{\rm Z}_2$反演对称性破缺相关的伊辛相变,而是由SPT相的边缘态离域所主导。就此而言,调制SU(N)海森堡自旋链提供了一维非朗道相变的简单实例,该相变由SU(N)$_1$共形场论描述。我们表明,手性SPT相表现出分数化自旋子激发,略微改变模型参数即可将这些激发囚禁。

英文摘要:

We investigate the nature of the quantum phase transition in modulated SU(N) Heisenberg spin chains. In the odd-N case, the transition separates a trivial non-degenerate phase to a doubly-degenerate gapped chiral PSU(N) symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phase which breaks spontaneously the inversion symmetry. The transition is not an Ising transition associated to the breaking of the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ inversion symmetry, but is governed by the delocalization of the edge states of the SPT phase. In this respect, a modulated SU(N) Heisenberg spin chain provides a simple example in one dimension of a non-Landau phase transition which is described by the SU(N)$_1$ conformal field theory. We show that the chiral SPT phase exhibits fractionalized spinon excitations, which can be confined by changing the model parameters slightly.

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