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Z$_2$ topological number of local quantum clusters in the orthogonal dimer model

Materials Science 2015-05-27 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We have studied the Z2Z_2 topological number defined by the Berry phase for the gapped frustrated systems including the orthogonal dimer model which has a direct product state of local quantum clusters as the exact ground state. The Z2Z_2 topological number can clarify what kind of the local quantum clusters is formed to lift the macroscopic degeneracy due to frustration, even when the exact ground state is unknown. As a demonstration, the dimer-singlet and plaquette-singlet phase are identified by two kinds of Z2_2 topological numbers in the Shastry-Sutherland model and its generalization realized experimentally as SrCu2_2(BO3_3)2_2 and CaV4_4O9_9.

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@article{arxiv.1103.1226,
  title  = {Z$_2$ topological number of local quantum clusters in the orthogonal dimer model},
  author = {Isao Maruyama and Sho Tanaya and Mitsuhiro Arikawa and Yasuhiro Hatsugai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.1226},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of the International Conference on Frustration in Condensed Matter (ICFCM) 2011