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Classical model emerges in quantum entanglement: Quantum Monte Carlo study for an Ising-Heisenberg bilayer

Quantum Physics 2023-05-10 v2 Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

By developing a cluster sampling of stochastic series expansion quantum Monte Carlo method, we investigate a spin-1/21/2 model on a bilayer square lattice with intra-layer ferromagnetic (FM) Ising coupling and inter-layer antiferromagnetic Heisenberg interaction. The continuous quantum phase transition which occurs at gc=3.045(2)g_c=3.045(2) between the FM Ising phase and the dimerized phase is studied via large scale simulations. From the analyzes of critical exponents we show that this phase transition belongs to the (2+1)-dimensional Ising universality class. Besides, the quantum entanglement is strong between the two layers, especially in dimerized phase. The effective Hamiltonian of single layer seems like a transverse field Ising model. However, we found the quantum entanglement Hamiltonian is a pure classical Ising model without any quantum fluctuations. Furthermore, we give a more general explanation about how a classical entanglement Hamiltonian emerges.

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@article{arxiv.2210.06764,
  title  = {Classical model emerges in quantum entanglement: Quantum Monte Carlo study for an Ising-Heisenberg bilayer},
  author = {Siying Wu and Binbin Yin and Xiaoxue Ran and Qi-Fang Li and Bin-Bin Mao and Yan-Cheng Wang and Zheng Yan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.06764},
  year   = {2023}
}