Entropy, gap and a multi-parameter deformation of the fredkin spin chain

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA866EzbMATH Open1375.82027arXiv1702.03581OpenAlexW3105070948MaRDI QIDQ4595433FDOQ4595433

Authors: Zhao Zhang, Israel Klich 

Publication date: 30 November 2017

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a multi-parameter deformation of the Fredkin spin $1/2$ chain whose ground state is a weighted superposition of Dyck paths, depending on a set of parameters $t_i$ along the chain. The parameters are introduced in such a way to maintain the system frustration-free while allowing to explore a range of possible phases. In the case where the parameters are uniform, and a color degree of freedom is added we establish a phase diagram with a transition between an area law and a volume low. The volume entropy obtained for half a chain is $nlogs$ where $n$ is the half-chain length and $s$ is the number of colors. Next, we prove an upper bound on the spectral gap of the $t>1,s>1$ phase, scaling as $Delta=O((4s{)}^n{t}^{-n^2/2})$, similar to a recent a result about the deformed Motzkin model, albeit derived in a different way. Finally, using an additional variational argument we prove an exponential lower bound on the gap of the model for $t>1,s=1$, which provides an example of a system with bounded entanglement entropy and a vanishing spectral gap.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.03581

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zbMATH Keywords

gapphase transitionarea lawentaglement entropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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