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Quantum Phase Transitions beyond the Landau's Paradigm in Sp(4) Spin System

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2008-11-26 v4

Abstract

We propose quantum phase transitions beyond the Landau's paradigm of Sp(4) spin Heisenberg models on the triangular and square lattices, motivated by the exact Sp(4)\simeq SO(5) symmetry of spin-3/2 fermionic cold atomic system with only ss-wave scattering. On the triangular lattice, we study a phase transition between the 3×3\sqrt{3}\times\sqrt{3} spin ordered phase and a Z2Z_2 spin liquid phase, this phase transition is described by an O(8) sigma model in terms of fractionalized spinon fields, with significant anomalous scaling dimensions of spin order parameters. On the square lattice, we propose a deconfined critical point between the Neel order and the VBS order, which is described by the CP(3) model, and the monopole effect of the compact U(1) gauge field is expected to be suppressed at the critical point.

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@article{arxiv.0803.3822,
  title  = {Quantum Phase Transitions beyond the Landau's Paradigm in Sp(4) Spin System},
  author = {Yang Qi and Cenke Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3822},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures

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