Deconfined criticality as intrinsically gapless topological state in one dimension
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| author | Yang, Sheng Xu, Fu Lu, Da-Chuan You, Yi-Zhuang Lin, Hai-Qing Yu, Xue-Jia |
| author_facet | Yang, Sheng Xu, Fu Lu, Da-Chuan You, Yi-Zhuang Lin, Hai-Qing Yu, Xue-Jia |
| contents | Deconfined criticality and gapless topological states have recently attracted growing attention, as both phenomena go beyond the traditional Landau paradigm. However, the deep connection between these two critical states, particularly in lattice realization, remains insufficiently explored. In this Letter, we reveal that certain deconfined criticality can be regarded as an intrinsically gapless topological state without gapped counterparts in a one dimensional lattice model. Using a combination of field-theoretic arguments and large-scale numerical simulations, we establish the global phase diagram of the model, which features deconfined critical lines separating two distinct spontaneous symmetry breaking ordered phases. More importantly, we unambiguously demonstrate that the mixed anomaly inherent to deconfined criticality enforces topologically robust edge modes near the boundary, providing a general mechanism by which deconfined criticality manifests as a gapless topological state. Our findings not only offer a new perspective on deconfined criticality but also deepen our understanding of gapless topological phases of matter. |
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| spellingShingle | Deconfined criticality as intrinsically gapless topological state in one dimension Yang, Sheng Xu, Fu Lu, Da-Chuan You, Yi-Zhuang Lin, Hai-Qing Yu, Xue-Jia Strongly Correlated Electrons Statistical Mechanics Quantum Physics Deconfined criticality and gapless topological states have recently attracted growing attention, as both phenomena go beyond the traditional Landau paradigm. However, the deep connection between these two critical states, particularly in lattice realization, remains insufficiently explored. In this Letter, we reveal that certain deconfined criticality can be regarded as an intrinsically gapless topological state without gapped counterparts in a one dimensional lattice model. Using a combination of field-theoretic arguments and large-scale numerical simulations, we establish the global phase diagram of the model, which features deconfined critical lines separating two distinct spontaneous symmetry breaking ordered phases. More importantly, we unambiguously demonstrate that the mixed anomaly inherent to deconfined criticality enforces topologically robust edge modes near the boundary, providing a general mechanism by which deconfined criticality manifests as a gapless topological state. Our findings not only offer a new perspective on deconfined criticality but also deepen our understanding of gapless topological phases of matter. |
| title | Deconfined criticality as intrinsically gapless topological state in one dimension |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Statistical Mechanics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01198 |