Spontaneous continuous-symmetry breaking and tower of states in a comb chain

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Wang, Jingya, Liu, Zenan, Mao, Bin-Bin, Tian, Xu, Xiong, Zijian, Wang, Zhe, Yan, Zheng
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866913131249270784
author Wang, Jingya
Liu, Zenan
Mao, Bin-Bin
Tian, Xu
Xiong, Zijian
Wang, Zhe
Yan, Zheng
author_facet Wang, Jingya
Liu, Zenan
Mao, Bin-Bin
Tian, Xu
Xiong, Zijian
Wang, Zhe
Yan, Zheng
contents Based on the study of a one-dimensional (1D) antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a comb lattice, this work identifies an example of spontaneous continuous symmetry breaking in a 1D system with short-range interactions. When a symmetry-preserving relevant perturbation is applied to the system, we find that this model can always be described by the Marshall-Lieb-Mattis (MLM) theorem. The Shen-Qiu-Tian theorem establishes a direct connection between the MLM theorem (in the case of bipartite lattices with unequal numbers of sites in the two sublattices) and the breaking of continuous symmetry. Moreover, although authors of previous studies have suggested that the presence of a tower of states (TOS) serves as an important numerical diagnostic of the tendency of a system toward spontaneous symmetry breaking, these investigations have primarily focused on two-dimensional systems. In 1D systems, however, the presence of long-range order does not automatically imply the emergence of a TOS. Here, we observe the existence of a TOS in a 1D realistic ferrimagnetic lattice system with short-range interactions.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2506_23258
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Spontaneous continuous-symmetry breaking and tower of states in a comb chain
Wang, Jingya
Liu, Zenan
Mao, Bin-Bin
Tian, Xu
Xiong, Zijian
Wang, Zhe
Yan, Zheng
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Statistical Mechanics
Based on the study of a one-dimensional (1D) antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a comb lattice, this work identifies an example of spontaneous continuous symmetry breaking in a 1D system with short-range interactions. When a symmetry-preserving relevant perturbation is applied to the system, we find that this model can always be described by the Marshall-Lieb-Mattis (MLM) theorem. The Shen-Qiu-Tian theorem establishes a direct connection between the MLM theorem (in the case of bipartite lattices with unequal numbers of sites in the two sublattices) and the breaking of continuous symmetry. Moreover, although authors of previous studies have suggested that the presence of a tower of states (TOS) serves as an important numerical diagnostic of the tendency of a system toward spontaneous symmetry breaking, these investigations have primarily focused on two-dimensional systems. In 1D systems, however, the presence of long-range order does not automatically imply the emergence of a TOS. Here, we observe the existence of a TOS in a 1D realistic ferrimagnetic lattice system with short-range interactions.
title Spontaneous continuous-symmetry breaking and tower of states in a comb chain
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23258