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Magnetic order and novel quantum criticality in the strongly interacting quasicrystals

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-12-16 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We present the sign-problem-free quantum Monte Carlo study of the half-filled Hubbard model on two-dimensional quasicrystals, revealing how specific aperiodic geometries fundamentally dictate quantum criticality. By comparing the Penrose and Thue-Morse quasicrystals, we demonstrate that the nature of the magnetic phase transition is controlled by the electronic density of states (DOS): while the singular DOS of the Penrose tiling induces magnetic order at infinitesimal interaction strengths, the Thue-Morse lattice requires a finite critical interaction to drive the transition. Crucially, through a novel boundary construction strategy and rigorous finite-size scaling, we identify a quantum critical point on the Thue-Morse quasicrystal with critical exponents (ν0.94\nu \approx 0.94, β0.72\beta \approx 0.72 and z1.51z\approx 1.51) that deviate significantly from the conventional (2+1)(2+1)D Heisenberg O(3)O(3) class. These findings establish the existence of a novel universality class driven by the interplay between electronic correlations and aperiodic geometry, challenging standard paradigms of magnetic criticality in two dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.2512.13546,
  title  = {Magnetic order and novel quantum criticality in the strongly interacting quasicrystals},
  author = {Cong Zhang and Yin-Kai Yu and Shao-Hang Shi and Zi-Xiang Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.13546},
  year   = {2025}
}

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9+5 pages, 4+1 figures