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Quantum orders in the frustrated Ising model on the bathroom tile lattice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2022-05-06 v2 Statistical Mechanics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We determine the zero and finite temperature phase diagram of the fully frustrated quantum Ising model on the bathroom tile (4-8) lattice. The phase diagram exhibits a wealth of 2+1d physics, including 1. classical Coulomb dimer liquids of both square and triangular lattice types; 2. quantum order-by-disorder induced phases breaking Z4\mathbb{Z}_4, Z6\mathbb{Z}_6, and Z8\mathbb{Z}_8 symmetries; 3. finite temperature Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) phases floating over the Z6\mathbb{Z}_6 and Z8\mathbb{Z}_8 orders; and, 4. staircases of (in)-commensurate symmetry breaking phases at intermediate coupling. We establish this elaborate phase diagram using a combination of dimer model mapping, perturbation theory, Landau analysis and Stochastic Series Expansion Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC-SSE). Our results provide a baseline for studying frustrated magnetism with D-Wave architecture annealers, where the 4-8 lattice can be embedded naturally without `cloning', reducing the number of competing energy scales. Simulations with the D-Wave 2000Q demonstrate qualitative agreement with the high temperature portion of the phase diagram, but are unable to access the low temperature phases.

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@article{arxiv.2201.09904,
  title  = {Quantum orders in the frustrated Ising model on the bathroom tile lattice},
  author = {Sumner N. Hearth and Siddhardh C. Morampudi and Chris R. Laumann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.09904},
  year   = {2022}
}

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14 pages, 20 figures