Solution to the sign problem in a frustrated quantum impurity model

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2016.11.006MaRDI QIDQ2628215zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Connor T. Hann, Emilie Huffman, Shailesh Chandrasekharan

Publication date 13 June 2017

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.05144

zbMATH Keywords

fermionfrustrationimpurityquantum Monte Carlosign problemstrongly correlated

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22)

Abstract: In this work we solve the sign problem of a frustrated quantum impurity model consisting of three quantum spin-half chains interacting through an anti-ferromagnetic Heisenberg interaction at one end. We first map the model into a repulsive Hubbard model of spin-half fermions hopping on three independent one dimensional chains that interact through a triangular hopping at one end. We then convert the fermion model into an inhomogeneous one dimensional model and express the partition function as a weighted sum over fermion worldline configurations. By imposing a pairing of fermion worldlines in half the space we show that all negative weight configurations can be eliminated. This pairing naturally leads to the original frustrated quantum spin model at half filling and thus solves its sign problem.

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