Topological and symmetry broken phases of Z_N parafermions in one dimension

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2013/10/P10024zbMATH Open1456.82032arXiv1303.5587MaRDI QIDQ3301434FDOQ3301434

R. Bondesan, Thomas Quella

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We classify the gapped phases of Z_N parafermions in one dimension and construct a representative of each phase. Even in the absence of additional symmetries besides parafermionic parity, parafermions may be realized in a variety of phases, one for each divisor n of N. The phases can be characterized by spontaneous symmetry breaking, topology, or a mixture of the two. Purely topological phases arise if n is a unitary divisor, i.e. if n and N/n are co-prime. Our analysis is based on the explicit realization of all symmetry broken gapped phases in the dual Z_N-invariant quantum spin chains.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.5587

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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