On gapped phases with a continuous symmetry and boundary operators

DOI10.1007/S10955-013-0850-5zbMATH Open1291.82017arXiv1307.0716OpenAlexW2066722606MaRDI QIDQ2016509FDOQ2016509

S. Bachmann, Bruno Nachtergaele

Publication date: 20 June 2014

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss the role of compact symmetry groups, G, in the classification of gapped ground state phases of quantum spin systems. We consider two representations of G on infinite subsystems. First, in arbitrary dimensions, we show that the ground state spaces of models within the same G-symmetric phase carry equivalent representations of the group for each finite or infinite sublattice on which they can be defined and on which they remain gapped. This includes infinite systems with boundaries or with non-trivial topologies. Second, for two classes of one-dimensional models, by two different methods, for G=SU(2) in one, and Gsubset SU(d), in the other we construct explicitly an `excess spin' operator that implements rotations of half of the infinite chain on the GNS Hilbert space of the ground state of the full chain. Since this operator is constructed as the limit of a sequence of observables, the representation itself is, in principle, experimentally observable. We claim that the corresponding unitary representation of G is closely related to the representation found at the boundary of half-infinite chains. We conclude with determining the precise relation between the two representations for the class of frustration-free models with matrix product ground states.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.0716

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum spin chainstopological ordermatrix product statesboundary operatorsgapped quantum phasesstring ordersymmetry protected

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Renormalization group methods in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B28)

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