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Classification of symmetry protected states of quantum spin chains for continuous symmetry groups

Mathematical Physics 2024-10-08 v2 math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Symmetry protected states (SPT's) of quantum spin systems were studied by several authors. For one-dimensional systems (spin chains), there is an essentially complete and rigorous understanding: SPT's corresponding to finite on-site symmetry groups GG are classified by the second cohomology group H2(G,U(1))H^2(G,U(1)), as established by Kapustin et al. [J. Math. Phys. (2021)]. We extend this result to the case of compact topological symmetry groups GG. We also strengthen the existing results in the sense that our classification results holds within the class of spin chains with locally bounded on-site dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2409.01112,
  title  = {Classification of symmetry protected states of quantum spin chains for continuous symmetry groups},
  author = {Bruno de Oliveira Carvalho and Wojciech De Roeck and Tijl Jappens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.01112},
  year   = {2024}
}

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37 pages, 7 figures; added references