A minimal tensor network beyond free fermions

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Main Authors: Wille, Carolin, Usoltcev, Maksimilian, Eisert, Jens, Altland, Alexander
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Published: 2024
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author Wille, Carolin
Usoltcev, Maksimilian
Eisert, Jens
Altland, Alexander
author_facet Wille, Carolin
Usoltcev, Maksimilian
Eisert, Jens
Altland, Alexander
contents This work proposes a minimal model extending the duality between classical statistical spin systems and fermionic systems beyond the case of free fermions. A Jordan-Wigner transformation applied to a two-dimensional tensor network maps the partition sum of a classical statistical mechanics model to a Grassmann variable integral, structurally similar to the path integral for interacting fermions in two dimensions. The resulting model is simple, featuring only two parameters: one governing spin-spin interaction (dual to effective hopping strength in the fermionic picture), the other measuring the deviation from the free fermion limit. Nevertheless, it exhibits a rich phase diagram, partially stabilized by elements of topology, and featuring three phases meeting at a tricritical point. Besides the interpretation as a spin and fermionic system, the model is closely related to loop gas and vertex models and can be interpreted as a parity-preserving (non-unitary) circuit. Its minimal construction makes it an ideal reference system for studying non-linearities in tensor networks and deriving results by means of duality.
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spellingShingle A minimal tensor network beyond free fermions
Wille, Carolin
Usoltcev, Maksimilian
Eisert, Jens
Altland, Alexander
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
This work proposes a minimal model extending the duality between classical statistical spin systems and fermionic systems beyond the case of free fermions. A Jordan-Wigner transformation applied to a two-dimensional tensor network maps the partition sum of a classical statistical mechanics model to a Grassmann variable integral, structurally similar to the path integral for interacting fermions in two dimensions. The resulting model is simple, featuring only two parameters: one governing spin-spin interaction (dual to effective hopping strength in the fermionic picture), the other measuring the deviation from the free fermion limit. Nevertheless, it exhibits a rich phase diagram, partially stabilized by elements of topology, and featuring three phases meeting at a tricritical point. Besides the interpretation as a spin and fermionic system, the model is closely related to loop gas and vertex models and can be interpreted as a parity-preserving (non-unitary) circuit. Its minimal construction makes it an ideal reference system for studying non-linearities in tensor networks and deriving results by means of duality.
title A minimal tensor network beyond free fermions
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04216