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Main Authors: Su, Hang, Yao, Yuan, Furusaki, Akira
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05407
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author Su, Hang
Yao, Yuan
Furusaki, Akira
author_facet Su, Hang
Yao, Yuan
Furusaki, Akira
contents We show that the ground-state expectation value of twisting operator is a topological order parameter for $\text{U}(1)$- and $\mathbb{Z}_{N}$-symmetric symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases in one-dimensional "spin" systems -- it is quantized in the thermodynamic limit and can be used to identify different SPT phases and to diagnose phase transitions among them. We prove that this (non-local) order parameter must take values in $N$-th roots of unity, and its value can be changed by a generalized lattice translation acting as an $N$-ality transformation connecting distinct phases. This result also implies the Lieb-Schultz-Mattis ingappability for SU($N$) spins if we further impose a general translation symmetry. Furthermore, our exact result for the order parameter of SPT phases can predict a large number of LSM ingappabilities by the general lattice translation. We also apply the $N$-ality property to provide an efficient way to construct possible multi-critical phase transitions starting from a single Hamiltonian with a unique gapped ground state.
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spellingShingle Exact quantization of topological order parameter in SU($N$) spin models, $N$-ality transformation and ingappabilities
Su, Hang
Yao, Yuan
Furusaki, Akira
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
We show that the ground-state expectation value of twisting operator is a topological order parameter for $\text{U}(1)$- and $\mathbb{Z}_{N}$-symmetric symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases in one-dimensional "spin" systems -- it is quantized in the thermodynamic limit and can be used to identify different SPT phases and to diagnose phase transitions among them. We prove that this (non-local) order parameter must take values in $N$-th roots of unity, and its value can be changed by a generalized lattice translation acting as an $N$-ality transformation connecting distinct phases. This result also implies the Lieb-Schultz-Mattis ingappability for SU($N$) spins if we further impose a general translation symmetry. Furthermore, our exact result for the order parameter of SPT phases can predict a large number of LSM ingappabilities by the general lattice translation. We also apply the $N$-ality property to provide an efficient way to construct possible multi-critical phase transitions starting from a single Hamiltonian with a unique gapped ground state.
title Exact quantization of topological order parameter in SU($N$) spin models, $N$-ality transformation and ingappabilities
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05407