The phase transitions between Z_n Z_n bosonic topological phases in 1+1D, and a constraint on the central charge for the critical points between bosonic symmetry protected topological phases

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2017.03.021zbMATH Open1361.82018arXiv1701.00834OpenAlexW2602623886MaRDI QIDQ529317FDOQ529317

Yen-Ta Huang, Hong-Chen Jiang, Dung-Hai Lee, Lokman Tsui

Publication date: 18 May 2017

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

Abstract: The study of continuous phase transitions triggered by spontaneous symmetry breaking has brought revolutionary ideas to physics. Recently, through the discovery of symmetry protected topological phases, it is realized that continuous quantum phase transition can also occur between states with the same symmetry but different topology. Here we study a specific class of such phase transitions in 1+1 dimensions -- the phase transition between bosonic topological phases protected by $Z_{n}imes{Z}_n$. We find in all cases the critical point possesses two gap opening relevant operators: one leads to a Landau-forbidden symmetry breaking phase transition and the other to the topological phase transition. We also obtained a constraint on the central charge for general phase transitions between symmetry protected bosonic topological phases in 1+1D.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.00834

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44) Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37)

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