Partons from stabilizer codes

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Hauptverfasser: Macedo, Rafael A., Bellinati, Carlo C., Fontana, Weslei B., Andrade, Eric C., Pereira, Rodrigo G.
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author Macedo, Rafael A.
Bellinati, Carlo C.
Fontana, Weslei B.
Andrade, Eric C.
Pereira, Rodrigo G.
author_facet Macedo, Rafael A.
Bellinati, Carlo C.
Fontana, Weslei B.
Andrade, Eric C.
Pereira, Rodrigo G.
contents The Gutzwiller projection of fermionic wave functions is a well-established method for generating variational wave functions describing exotic states of matter, such as quantum spin liquids. We investigate the conditions under which a projected wave function constructed from fermionic partons can be rigorously shown to possess topological order. We demonstrate that these conditions can be precisely determined in the case of projected Majorana stabilizer codes. We then use matrix product states to study states that interpolate between two distinct Majorana fermion codes, one yielding a $\mathbb Z_2$ spin liquid and the other a trivial polarized state upon projection. While the free-fermion states are adiabatically connected, we find that the projected states undergo a phase transition detected by the topological entanglement entropy. Our work underscores the profound impact of the Gutzwiller projection and cautions against inferring properties of quantum spin liquids solely from their unprojected counterparts.
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spellingShingle Partons from stabilizer codes
Macedo, Rafael A.
Bellinati, Carlo C.
Fontana, Weslei B.
Andrade, Eric C.
Pereira, Rodrigo G.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
The Gutzwiller projection of fermionic wave functions is a well-established method for generating variational wave functions describing exotic states of matter, such as quantum spin liquids. We investigate the conditions under which a projected wave function constructed from fermionic partons can be rigorously shown to possess topological order. We demonstrate that these conditions can be precisely determined in the case of projected Majorana stabilizer codes. We then use matrix product states to study states that interpolate between two distinct Majorana fermion codes, one yielding a $\mathbb Z_2$ spin liquid and the other a trivial polarized state upon projection. While the free-fermion states are adiabatically connected, we find that the projected states undergo a phase transition detected by the topological entanglement entropy. Our work underscores the profound impact of the Gutzwiller projection and cautions against inferring properties of quantum spin liquids solely from their unprojected counterparts.
title Partons from stabilizer codes
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02683