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Phase diagram for hard-core $\mathbb{Z}_3$ anyons on the ladder

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-10-20 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

Studies of free particles in low-dimensional quantum systems such as two-leg ladders provide insight into the influence of statistics on collective behaviour. The behaviours of bosons and fermions are well understood, but two-dimensional systems also admit excitations with alternative statistics known as anyons. Numerical analysis of hard-core Z3\mathbb{Z}_3 anyons on the ladder reveals qualitatively distinct behaviour, including a novel phase transition associated with crystallisation of hole degrees of freedom into a periodic foam. Qualitative predictions are extrapolated for all Abelian Zq\mathbb{Z}_q anyon models.

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@article{arxiv.1505.06928,
  title  = {Phase diagram for hard-core $\mathbb{Z}_3$ anyons on the ladder},
  author = {Robert N. C. Pfeifer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.06928},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 3 floating figures plus inline graphics, RevTeX 4.1. Revised characterisation of novel phase present at odd $q$. Improved number and quality of plots