Characterizing Topological Excitations of a Long-Range Heisenberg Model with Trapped Ions

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Hauptverfasser: Birnkammer, Stefan, Bohrdt, Annabelle, Grusdt, Fabian, Knap, Michael
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author Birnkammer, Stefan
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
Knap, Michael
author_facet Birnkammer, Stefan
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
Knap, Michael
contents Realizing and characterizing interacting topological phases in synthetic quantum systems is a formidable challenge. Here, we propose a Floquet protocol to realize the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model with power-law decaying interactions. Based on analytical and numerical arguments, we show that this model features a quantum phase transition from a liquid to a valence bond solid that spontaneously breaks lattice translational symmetry and is reminiscent of the Majumdar-Ghosh state. The different phases can be probed dynamically by measuring the evolution of a fully dimerized state. We moreover introduce an interferometric protocol to characterize the topological excitations and the bulk topological invariants of the interacting many-body system.
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spellingShingle Characterizing Topological Excitations of a Long-Range Heisenberg Model with Trapped Ions
Birnkammer, Stefan
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
Knap, Michael
Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
Realizing and characterizing interacting topological phases in synthetic quantum systems is a formidable challenge. Here, we propose a Floquet protocol to realize the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model with power-law decaying interactions. Based on analytical and numerical arguments, we show that this model features a quantum phase transition from a liquid to a valence bond solid that spontaneously breaks lattice translational symmetry and is reminiscent of the Majumdar-Ghosh state. The different phases can be probed dynamically by measuring the evolution of a fully dimerized state. We moreover introduce an interferometric protocol to characterize the topological excitations and the bulk topological invariants of the interacting many-body system.
title Characterizing Topological Excitations of a Long-Range Heisenberg Model with Trapped Ions
topic Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.09185