Quantum criticality with two length scales

DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.AAD5007zbMATH Open1355.81166arXiv1603.02171OpenAlexW2295230092WikidataQ87484361 ScholiaQ87484361MaRDI QIDQ2961630FDOQ2961630

Authors: Hui Shao, Wenan Guo, Anders W. Sandvik 

Publication date: 15 February 2017

Published in: Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The theory of deconfined quantum critical points describes phase transitions at temperature T = 0 outside the standard paradigm, predicting continuous transformations between certain ordered states where conventional theory requires discontinuities. Numerous computer simulations have offered no proof of such transitions, however, instead finding deviations from expected scaling relations that were neither predicted by the DQC theory nor conform to standard scenarios. Here we show that this enigma can be resolved by introducing a critical scaling form with two divergent length scales. Simulations of a quantum magnet with antiferromagnetic and dimerized ground states confirm the form, proving a continuous transition with deconfined excitations and also explaining anomalous scaling at T > 0. Our findings revise prevailing paradigms for quantum criticality, with potentially far-reaching implications for many strongly-correlated materials.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02171

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other fundamental interactions in quantum theory (81V19)

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