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Topological Phase Transitions in the Golden String-Net Model

Statistical Mechanics 2013-04-04 v3 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We examine the zero-temperature phase diagram of the two-dimensional Levin-Wen string-net model with Fibonacci anyons in the presence of competing interactions. Combining high-order series expansions around three exactly solvable points and exact diagonalizations, we find that the non-Abelian doubled Fibonacci topological phase is separated from two nontopological phases by different second-order quantum critical points, the positions of which are computed accurately. These trivial phases are separated by a first-order transition occurring at a fourth exactly solvable point where the ground-state manifold is infinitely many degenerate. The evaluation of critical exponents suggests unusual universality classes.

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@article{arxiv.1212.4109,
  title  = {Topological Phase Transitions in the Golden String-Net Model},
  author = {M. D. Schulz and S. Dusuel and K. P. Schmidt and J. Vidal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.4109},
  year   = {2013}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures, published version

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