A holographic theory for the phase transitions between fermionic symmetry-protected topological states

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2019.114799zbMATH Open1435.82007arXiv1904.01544OpenAlexW2980454828WikidataQ127095143 ScholiaQ127095143MaRDI QIDQ2186407FDOQ2186407

Authors: Lokman Tsui, Yen-Ta Huang, Dung-Hai Lee 

Publication date: 9 June 2020

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In an earlier work we developed a holographic theory for the phase transition between bosonic symmetry-protected topological (SPT) states. This paper is a continuation of it. Here we present the holographic theory for fermionic SPT phase transitions. We show that in any dimension $d$, the critical states of fermionic SPT phase transitions has an emergent $Z_2^T$ symmetry and can be realized on the boundary of a $d+1$-dimensional bulk SPT with an extra $Z_2^T$ symmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.01544

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Cohomology of groups (20J06) Fermionic systems in quantum theory (81V74)

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