English

Exact projector Hamiltonian, local integrals of motion, and many-body localization with topological order

Statistical Mechanics 2020-07-01 v5 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Quantum Gases Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

In this work, we construct an exact projector Hamiltonian with interactions, which is given by a sum of mutually commuting operators called stabilizers. The model is based on the recently studied Creutz-ladder of fermions, in which flat-band structure and strong localization are realized. These stabilizers are local integrals of motion from which many-body localization (MBL) is realized. All energy eigenstates are explicitly obtained even in the presence of local disorders. All states are MBL states, that is, this system is a full many-body localized (FMBL) system. We show that this system has a topological order and stable gapless edge modes exist under the open boundary condition. By the numerical study, we investigate stability of the FMBL and topological order.

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@article{arxiv.2004.07634,
  title  = {Exact projector Hamiltonian, local integrals of motion, and many-body localization with topological order},
  author = {Takahiro Orito and Yoshihito Kuno and Ikuo Ichinose},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.07634},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

11 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B