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Symmetry protected topological orders of 1D spin systems with D2+T symmetry

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2012-02-28 v2

Abstract

In [Z.-X. Liu, M. Liu, X.-G. Wen, arXiv:1101.5680], we studied 8 gapped symmetric quantum phases in S=1 spin chains %/ladders which respect a discrete spin rotation D2SO(3)D_2 \subset SO(3) and time reversal TT symmetries. In this paper, using a generalized approach, we study all the 16 possible gapped symmetric quantum phases of 1D integer spin systems with only D2+TD_2+T symmetry. Those phases are beyond Landau symmetry breaking theory and cannot be characterized by local order parameters, since they do not break any symmetry. They correspond to 16 symmetry protected topological (SPT) orders. We show that all the 16 SPT orders can be fully characterized by the physical properties of the symmetry protected degenerate boundary states (end `spins') at the ends of a chain segment. So we can measure and distinguish all the 16 SPT orders experimentally. We also show that all these SPT orders can be realized in S=1 spin ladder models. The gapped symmetric phases protected by subgroups of D2+TD_2+T are also studied. Again, all these phases can be distinguished by physically measuring their end `spins'.

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@article{arxiv.1105.6021,
  title  = {Symmetry protected topological orders of 1D spin systems with D2+T symmetry},
  author = {Zheng-Xin Liu and Xie Chen and Xiao-Gang Wen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.6021},
  year   = {2012}
}

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