A nonvanishing spectral gap for AKLT models on generalized decorated graphs

DOI10.1063/5.0139706MaRDI QIDQ6042747zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Angelo Lucia, Amanda Young

Publication date 4 May 2023

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.11872

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Connectivity (05C40) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10)

Abstract: We consider the spectral gap question for AKLT models defined on decorated versions of simple, connected graphs G. This class of decorated graphs, which are defined by replacing all edges of $G$ with a chain of $n$ sites, in particular includes any decorated multi-dimensional lattice. Using the Tensor Network States (TNS) approach from a work by Abdul-Rahman et. al. 2020, we prove that if the decoration parameter is larger than a linear function of the maximal vertex degree, then the decorated model has a nonvanishing spectral gap above the ground state energy.

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