Unveiling UV/IR Mixing via Symmetry Defects: A View from Topological Entanglement Entropy

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Main Authors: Kim, Jintae, Oh, Yun-Tak, Bulmash, Daniel, Han, Jung Hoon
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author Kim, Jintae
Oh, Yun-Tak
Bulmash, Daniel
Han, Jung Hoon
author_facet Kim, Jintae
Oh, Yun-Tak
Bulmash, Daniel
Han, Jung Hoon
contents Some topological lattice models in two spatial dimensions exhibit intricate lattice size dependence in their ground state degeneracy (GSD). This and other features such as the position-dependent anyonic excitations are manifestations of UV/IR mixing. In the first part of this paper, we perform an exact calculation of the topological entanglement entropy (TEE) for a specific model, the rank-2 toric code. This analysis includes both contractible and non-contractible boundaries, with the minimum entropy states identified specifically for non-contractible boundaries. Our results show that TEE for a contractible boundary remains independent of lattice size, whereas TEE for non-contractible boundaries, similarly to the GSD, shows intricate lattice-size dependence. In the latter part of the paper we focus on the fact that the rank-2 toric code is an example of a translation symmetry-enriched topological phase, and show that viewing distinct lattice size as a consequence of different translation symmetry defects can explain both our TEE results and the GSD of the rank-2 toric code. Our work establishes the translation symmetry defect framework as a robust description of the UV/IR mixing in topological lattice models.
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spellingShingle Unveiling UV/IR Mixing via Symmetry Defects: A View from Topological Entanglement Entropy
Kim, Jintae
Oh, Yun-Tak
Bulmash, Daniel
Han, Jung Hoon
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
Some topological lattice models in two spatial dimensions exhibit intricate lattice size dependence in their ground state degeneracy (GSD). This and other features such as the position-dependent anyonic excitations are manifestations of UV/IR mixing. In the first part of this paper, we perform an exact calculation of the topological entanglement entropy (TEE) for a specific model, the rank-2 toric code. This analysis includes both contractible and non-contractible boundaries, with the minimum entropy states identified specifically for non-contractible boundaries. Our results show that TEE for a contractible boundary remains independent of lattice size, whereas TEE for non-contractible boundaries, similarly to the GSD, shows intricate lattice-size dependence. In the latter part of the paper we focus on the fact that the rank-2 toric code is an example of a translation symmetry-enriched topological phase, and show that viewing distinct lattice size as a consequence of different translation symmetry defects can explain both our TEE results and the GSD of the rank-2 toric code. Our work establishes the translation symmetry defect framework as a robust description of the UV/IR mixing in topological lattice models.
title Unveiling UV/IR Mixing via Symmetry Defects: A View from Topological Entanglement Entropy
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.09425