An introduction to spin systems for mathematicians

DOI10.1090/CONM/718/14480MaRDI QIDQ5236791zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ingmar A. Saberi

Publication date 16 October 2019

Published in Topology and Quantum Theory in Interaction (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.07270

zbMATH Keywords

condensed matterHeisenberg spin chainquantum theoryspinstable homotopy theorysurveytoric codeTQFT

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27)

Abstract: We give a leisurely, albeit woefully incomplete, overview of quantum field theory, its relevance to condensed matter systems, and spin systems, which proceeds via a series of illustrative examples. The goal is to provide readers from the mathematics community a swift route into recent condensed matter literature that makes use of topological quantum field theory and ideas from stable homotopy theory to attack the problem of classification of topological (or SPT) phases of matter. The toric code and Heisenberg spin chain are briefly discussed; important conceptual ideas in physics, that may have somehow evaded discussion for those with purely mathematical training, are also reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the connection between (algebras of) nonlocal operators and the appearance of nontrivial TQFTs in the infrared.

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