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 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 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 Z topological numbers in the Shastry-Sutherland model and its generalization realized experimentally as SrCu(BO) and CaVO.
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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}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of the International Conference on Frustration in Condensed Matter (ICFCM) 2011