Topological term in the non-linear model of the SO(5) spin chains

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2011.01.010MaRDI QIDQ632418zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dung-Hai Lee, Guangming Zhang, Tao Xiang

Publication date 24 March 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.4040

zbMATH Keywords

non-linear sigma modelspin chainstopological terms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

Abstract: We show that there is a topological (Berry phase) term in the non-linear $sigma$ model description of the SO(5) spin chain. It distinguishes the linear and projective representations of the SO(5) symmetry group, in exact analogy to the well-known $heta$-term of the SO(3) spin chain. The presence of the topological term is due to the fact that $p{i}_2(fracSO(5)SO(3)imesSO(2))=mathbbZ$. We discuss the implication of our results on the spectra of the SO(5) spin chain, and connect it with a recent solvable SO(5) spin model which exhibits valence bond solid ground state and edge degeneracy.

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