Topological edge modes and phase transition in the critical fermionic chain with long-range interaction

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Main Authors: Zhong, Wen-Hao, Li, Wei-Lin, Chen, Yong-Chang, Yu, Xue-Jia
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Published: 2024
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author Zhong, Wen-Hao
Li, Wei-Lin
Chen, Yong-Chang
Yu, Xue-Jia
author_facet Zhong, Wen-Hao
Li, Wei-Lin
Chen, Yong-Chang
Yu, Xue-Jia
contents The long-range interaction can fundamentally alter properties in gapped topological phases such as emergent massive edge modes. However, recent research has shifted attention to topological nontrivial critical points or phases, and it is natural to explore how long-range interaction influences them. In this work, we investigate the topological behavior and phase transition of extended Kitaev chains with long-range interactions, which can be derived from the critical Ising model via the Jordan-Wigner transformation in the short-range limit. Specifically, we analytically find the critical edge modes at the critical point remain stable against long-range interaction. More importantly, we observe these critical edge modes remain massless even when long-range interactions become substantially strong. As a byproduct, we numerically find that the critical behavior of the long-range model belongs to the free Majorana fermion universality class, which is entirely different from the long-range universality class in usual long-range spin models. Our work could shed new light on the interplay between long-range interactions (frustrated) and the gapless topological phases of matter.
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spellingShingle Topological edge modes and phase transition in the critical fermionic chain with long-range interaction
Zhong, Wen-Hao
Li, Wei-Lin
Chen, Yong-Chang
Yu, Xue-Jia
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Statistical Mechanics
The long-range interaction can fundamentally alter properties in gapped topological phases such as emergent massive edge modes. However, recent research has shifted attention to topological nontrivial critical points or phases, and it is natural to explore how long-range interaction influences them. In this work, we investigate the topological behavior and phase transition of extended Kitaev chains with long-range interactions, which can be derived from the critical Ising model via the Jordan-Wigner transformation in the short-range limit. Specifically, we analytically find the critical edge modes at the critical point remain stable against long-range interaction. More importantly, we observe these critical edge modes remain massless even when long-range interactions become substantially strong. As a byproduct, we numerically find that the critical behavior of the long-range model belongs to the free Majorana fermion universality class, which is entirely different from the long-range universality class in usual long-range spin models. Our work could shed new light on the interplay between long-range interactions (frustrated) and the gapless topological phases of matter.
title Topological edge modes and phase transition in the critical fermionic chain with long-range interaction
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.11880