Quantum critical behavior of the quantum Ising model on fractal lattices
Abstract
I study the properties of the quantum critical point of the transverse-field quantum Ising model on various fractal lattices such as the Sierpi\'nski carpet, Sierpi\'nski gasket, and Sierpi\'nski tetrahedron. Using a continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo simulation method and the finite-size scaling analysis, I identify the quantum critical point and investigate its scaling properties. Among others, I calculate the dynamic critical exponent and find that it is greater than one for all three structures. The fact that it deviates from one is a direct consequence of the fractal structures not being integer-dimensional regular lattices. Other critical exponents are also calculated. The exponents are different from those of the classical critical point, and satisfy the quantum scaling relation, thus confirming that I have indeed found the quantum critical point. I find that the Sierpi\'nski tetrahedron, of which the dimension is exactly two, belongs to a different universality class than that of the two-dimensional square lattice. I conclude that the critical exponents depend on more details of the structure than just the dimension and the symmetry.
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@article{arxiv.1408.5595,
title = {Quantum critical behavior of the quantum Ising model on fractal lattices},
author = {Hangmo Yi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.5595},
year = {2015}
}