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Quantum orders in an exact soluble model

Quantum Physics 2011-07-19 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We find all the exact eigenstates and eigenvalues of a spin-1/2 model on square lattice: H=16giSiySi+xxSi+x+yySi+yxH=16g \sum_i S^y_i S^x_{i+x} S^y_{i+x+y} S^x_{i+y}. We show that the ground states for g<0g<0 and g>0g>0 have different quantum orders described by Z2A and Z2B projective symmetry groups. The phase transition at g=0g=0 represents a new kind of phase transitions that changes quantum orders but not symmetry. Both the Z2A and Z2B states are described by Z2Z_2 lattice gauge theories at low energies. They have robust topologically degenerate ground states and gapless edge excitations.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0205004,
  title  = {Quantum orders in an exact soluble model},
  author = {Xiao-Gang Wen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0205004},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, RevTeX4, More materials on topological/quantum orders and quantum computing can be found in http://dao.mit.edu/~wen