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Non-invertible symmetry breaking in a frustration-free spin chain

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-02-18 v1 Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

A nearest-neighbor, frustration-free spin 12\frac{1}{2} chain can be constructed {\it via} projectors of various ranks \'{a} la Bravyi-Gosset. We show that in the rank 1 case this system is gapped and has two ground states resembling ferromagnetic states. These states spontaneously break the non-invertible symmetry connecting them. The latter is proved using the machinery of algebraic quantum theory. The non-invertible symmetries of this system do not come from a duality.

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@article{arxiv.2502.11997,
  title  = {Non-invertible symmetry breaking in a frustration-free spin chain},
  author = {Akash Sinha and Vivek Kumar Singh and Pramod Padmanabhan and Kun Hao and Vladimir Korepin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.11997},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

4 pages, Submitted to the conference proceedings for the 26th DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics (HEP) Symposium 2024, India. A longer version is under preparation