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Quantum criticality in the 2d quasiperiodic Potts model

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2020-12-29 v1 Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Quantum critical points in quasiperiodic magnets can realize new universality classes, with critical properties distinct from those of clean or disordered systems. Here, we study quantum phase transitions separating ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases in the quasiperiodic qq-state Potts model in 2+1d2+1d. Using a controlled real-space renormalization group approach, we find that the critical behavior is largely independent of qq, and is controlled by an infinite-quasiperiodicity fixed point. The correlation length exponent is found to be ν=1\nu=1, saturating a modified version of the Harris-Luck criterion.

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@article{arxiv.2008.11742,
  title  = {Quantum criticality in the 2d quasiperiodic Potts model},
  author = {Utkarsh Agrawal and Sarang Gopalakrishnan and Romain Vasseur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.11742},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

6 pages, 3 figures, 4 pages of supplemental material

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