Self-duality and phase structure of the 4D random-plaquette Z₂ gauge model

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.12.024zbMATH Open1160.81435arXivhep-th/0409076OpenAlexW2077573806MaRDI QIDQ874638FDOQ874638

Tetsuo Matsui, Gaku Arakawa, Koujin Takeda, Ikuo Ichinose

Publication date: 10 April 2007

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

Abstract: In the present paper, we shall study the 4-dimensional Z_2 lattice gauge model with a random gauge coupling; the random-plaquette gauge model(RPGM). The random gauge coupling at each plaquette takes the value J with the probability 1-p and -J with p. This model exhibits a confinement-Higgs phase transition. We numerically obtain a phase boundary curve in the (p-T)-plane where T is the "temperature" measured in unit of J/k_B. This model plays an important role in estimating the accuracy threshold of a quantum memory of a toric code. In this paper, we are mainly interested in its "self-duality" aspect, and the relationship with the random-bond Ising model(RBIM) in 2-dimensions. The "self-duality" argument can be applied both for RPGM and RBIM, giving the same duality equations, hence predicting the same phase boundary. The phase boundary curve obtained by our numerical simulation almost coincides with this predicted phase boundary at the high-temperature region. The phase transition is of first order for relatively small values of p < 0.08, but becomes of second order for larger p. The value of p at the intersection of the phase boundary curve and the Nishimori line is regarded as the accuracy threshold of errors in a toric quantum memory. It is estimated as p=0.110pm0.002, which is very close to the value conjectured by Takeda and Nishimori through the "self-duality" argument.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0409076

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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