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Entropic topological invariant for a gapped one-dimensional system

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2014-08-21 v4 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We propose an order parameter for a general one-dimensional gapped system with an open boundary condition. The order parameter can be computed from the ground state entanglement entropy of some regions near one of the boundaries. Hence, it is well-defined even in the presence of arbitrary interaction and disorder. We also show that it is invariant under a finite-depth local quantum circuit, suggesting its stability against an arbitrary local perturbation that does not close the energy gap. Further, it can unambiguously distinguish Majorana chain from a trivial chain under a global fermion parity conservation. We argue that the order parameter can be in principle measured in an optical lattice system.

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@article{arxiv.1306.4771,
  title  = {Entropic topological invariant for a gapped one-dimensional system},
  author = {Isaac H. Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.4771},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

5pages, 6 figures, minor changes. published version

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