Terminable Transitions in a Topological Fermionic Ladder

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Autori principali: He, Yuchi, Kennes, Dante M., Karrasch, Christoph, Rausch, Roman
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author He, Yuchi
Kennes, Dante M.
Karrasch, Christoph
Rausch, Roman
author_facet He, Yuchi
Kennes, Dante M.
Karrasch, Christoph
Rausch, Roman
contents Interacting fermionic ladders are important platforms to study quantum phases of matter, such as different types of Mott insulators. In particular, the D-Mott and S-Mott states hold pre-formed fermion pairs and become paired-fermion liquids upon doping (d-wave and s-wave, respectively). We show that the D-Mott and S-Mott phases are in fact two facets of the same topological phase and that the transition between them is terminable. These results provide a quantum analog of the well-known terminable liquid-to-gas transition. However, the phenomenology we uncover is even richer, as in contrast to the former, the order of the transition can be tuned by the interactions from continuous to first-order. The findings are based on numerical results using the variational uniform matrix-product state (VUMPS) formalism for infinite systems, and the density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm for finite systems. This is complemented by analytical field-theoretical explanations. In particular, we present an effective theory to explain the change of transition order, which is potentially applicable to a broad range of other systems. The role of symmetries and edge states are briefly discussed.
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spellingShingle Terminable Transitions in a Topological Fermionic Ladder
He, Yuchi
Kennes, Dante M.
Karrasch, Christoph
Rausch, Roman
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Interacting fermionic ladders are important platforms to study quantum phases of matter, such as different types of Mott insulators. In particular, the D-Mott and S-Mott states hold pre-formed fermion pairs and become paired-fermion liquids upon doping (d-wave and s-wave, respectively). We show that the D-Mott and S-Mott phases are in fact two facets of the same topological phase and that the transition between them is terminable. These results provide a quantum analog of the well-known terminable liquid-to-gas transition. However, the phenomenology we uncover is even richer, as in contrast to the former, the order of the transition can be tuned by the interactions from continuous to first-order. The findings are based on numerical results using the variational uniform matrix-product state (VUMPS) formalism for infinite systems, and the density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm for finite systems. This is complemented by analytical field-theoretical explanations. In particular, we present an effective theory to explain the change of transition order, which is potentially applicable to a broad range of other systems. The role of symmetries and edge states are briefly discussed.
title Terminable Transitions in a Topological Fermionic Ladder
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.14085