Corner Charge Fluctuations in Higher Dimensions

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Main Authors: Wu, Xiao-Chuan, Tam, Pok Man, Liang, Xuyang, Liu, Zenan, Yao, Dao-Xin, Yan, Zheng, Ryu, Shinsei
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author Wu, Xiao-Chuan
Tam, Pok Man
Liang, Xuyang
Liu, Zenan
Yao, Dao-Xin
Yan, Zheng
Ryu, Shinsei
author_facet Wu, Xiao-Chuan
Tam, Pok Man
Liang, Xuyang
Liu, Zenan
Yao, Dao-Xin
Yan, Zheng
Ryu, Shinsei
contents Measuring charge fluctuations within a subregion provides a powerful probe of quantum many-body systems. In two spatial dimensions, the shape dependence of the dimensionless corner contribution encodes universal data of quantum critical points and reveals observables of quantum geometry in various quantum phases. Here, we systematically extend this framework to higher dimensions. In three dimensions, we derive the universal angle dependence associated with trihedral corners of a generic parallelepiped and benchmark the predictions against Monte Carlo simulations of lattice models at the O(3) quantum critical point. We further identify a wedge-corner contribution that directly probes the quantum metric, supported by numerical results for a lattice Weyl semimetal model. More generally, we obtain angle functions for polyhedral corners of arbitrary parallelotopes in general dimensions and clarify the scaling of the corner contribution across phases of matter. While insulators and conformal critical points exhibit similar behavior across dimensions, metals display a characteristic even-odd dimensional effect.
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spellingShingle Corner Charge Fluctuations in Higher Dimensions
Wu, Xiao-Chuan
Tam, Pok Man
Liang, Xuyang
Liu, Zenan
Yao, Dao-Xin
Yan, Zheng
Ryu, Shinsei
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Measuring charge fluctuations within a subregion provides a powerful probe of quantum many-body systems. In two spatial dimensions, the shape dependence of the dimensionless corner contribution encodes universal data of quantum critical points and reveals observables of quantum geometry in various quantum phases. Here, we systematically extend this framework to higher dimensions. In three dimensions, we derive the universal angle dependence associated with trihedral corners of a generic parallelepiped and benchmark the predictions against Monte Carlo simulations of lattice models at the O(3) quantum critical point. We further identify a wedge-corner contribution that directly probes the quantum metric, supported by numerical results for a lattice Weyl semimetal model. More generally, we obtain angle functions for polyhedral corners of arbitrary parallelotopes in general dimensions and clarify the scaling of the corner contribution across phases of matter. While insulators and conformal critical points exhibit similar behavior across dimensions, metals display a characteristic even-odd dimensional effect.
title Corner Charge Fluctuations in Higher Dimensions
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13971