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Fraction of delocalized eigenstates in the long-range Aubry-Andr\'e-Harper model

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2021-02-16 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We uncover a systematic structure in the single particle phase-diagram of the quasiperiodic Aubry-Andr\'e-Harper(AAH) model with power-law hoppings (1rσ\sim \frac{1}{r^\sigma}) when the quasiperiodicity parameter is chosen to be a member of the `metallic mean family' of irrational Diophantine numbers. In addition to the fully delocalized and localized phases we find a co-existence of multifractal (localized) states with the delocalized states for σ<1\sigma<1 (σ>1\sigma>1). The fraction of delocalized eigenstates in these phases can be obtained from a general sequence, which is a manifestation of a mathematical property of the `metallic mean family'. The entanglement entropy of the noninteracting many-body ground states respects the area-law if the Fermi level belongs in the localized regime while logarithmically violating it if the Fermi-level belongs in the delocalized or multifractal regimes. The prefactor of logarithmically violating term shows interesting behavior in different phases. Entanglement entropy shows the area-law even in the delocalized regime for special filling fractions, which are related to the metallic means.

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@article{arxiv.2008.10561,
  title  = {Fraction of delocalized eigenstates in the long-range Aubry-Andr\'e-Harper model},
  author = {Nilanjan Roy and Auditya Sharma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.10561},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages, 13 figures