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We present a theory of phase transition in quantum critical paraelectrics in presence of quenched random-Tc disorder using replica trick. The effects of disorder induced locally ordered regions and their slow dynamics are included by…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2014-09-02 Nabyendu Das

In this article, we discuss strong coupling limits of topological quantum critical points (TQCPs) where quantum phase transitions between two topological distinct superconducting states take place. We illustrate that while superconducting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-01-04 Fei Zhou

New phases of matter emerge at the edge of magnetic instabilities. In local moment systems, such as heavy fermions, the magnetism can be destabilized by pressure, chemical doping, and, rarely, by magnetic field, towards a zero-temperature…

Topological phases of matter are considered the bedrock of novel quantum materials as well as ideal candidates for quantum computers that possess robustness at the physical level. The robustness of the topological phase at finite…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-05-05 Yu Zeng , Alioscia Hamma , Heng Fan

Quantum ground states on the non-trivial side of a topological quantum critical point (TQCP) have unique properties that make them attractive candidates for quantum information applications. A recent example is provided by s-wave…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-04-19 Sumanta Tewari , J. D. Sau , V. W. Scarola , Chuanwei Zhang , S. Das Sarma

Disorder is ubiquitous in quantum materials, and its interplay with topology can generate phases absent in the clean limit. Using the Haldane model as a minimal setting, we show that disorder not only shifts topological boundaries but also…

We study the boundary states of the archetypal three-dimensional topological order, i.e. the three-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ toric code. There are three distinct elementary types of boundary states that we will consider in this work. In…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-13 Wenjie Ji , Nathanan Tantivasadakarn , Cenke Xu

We investigate the effects of quenched disorder on first-order quantum phase transitions on the example of the $N$-color quantum Ashkin-Teller model. By means of a strong-disorder renormalization group, we demonstrate that quenched disorder…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-01-17 Fawaz Hrahsheh , José A. Hoyos , Thomas Vojta

Three dimensional Dirac semimetals are stable against weak potential disorder, but not against strong disorder. In the language of renormalization group, such stability stems from the irrelevance of weak disorder in the vicinity of the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-01-08 Bitan Roy , S. Das Sarma

Quantum multicritical points (QMCPs) emerge at the junction of two or more quantum phase transitions due to the interplay of disparate fluctuations, leading to novel universality classes. While quantum critical points have been well…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-11-15 István A. Kovács

In this chapter we discuss aspects of the quantum critical behavior that occurs at a quantum phase transition separating a topological phase from a conventionally ordered one. We concentrate on a family of quantum lattice models, namely…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-14 Claudio Castelnovo , Simon Trebst , Matthias Troyer

Effects of non-magnetic disorder on the critical temperature T_c and on diamagnetism of quasi-one-dimensional superconductors are reported. The energy of Josephson-coupling between wires is considered to be random, which is typical for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-27 E. Nakhmedov , R. Oppermann

We first propose a topological term that captures the "intertwinement" between the standard "$\sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3}$" antiferromagnetic order (or the so-called 120$^\circ$ state) and the "$\sqrt{12}\times \sqrt{12}$" valence solid bond…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-05-16 Chao-Ming Jian , Alex Thomson , Alex Rasmussen , Zhen Bi , Cenke Xu

The quasi-skutterudites (Ca$_{x}$Sr$_{1-x}$)$_{3}$(Rh, Ir)$_{4}$Sn$_{13}$ show a rare nonmagnetic quantum critical point associated with the second-order charge-density-wave (CDW) and structural distortion transition extended under the…

We study the critical behavior driven by potential quantum critical points (QCPs) termed as $\tau_{0,x,y,z}$-Type QCPs in the $d$-wave cuprate superconductors. Within the framework of the renormalization group approach, we construct the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-29 Qi-Qi Yue , Yi-Sheng Fu , Jing Wang

The realization of robust quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) phases at elevated temperatures remains a central challenge in condensed matter physics. While quadratic band crossing points (QBCP) provide a promising route towards QAH states,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Yadong Jiang , Linghao Huang , Zhaochen Liu , Huan Wang , Jing Wang

Disorder is an unavoidable ingredient of real systems. Spatial disorder generates Griffiths phases (GPs) which, in analogy to critical points, are characterized by a slow relaxation of the order parameter and divergences of quantities such…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-28 Federico Vazquez , Juan Antonio Bonachela , Cristobal Lopez , Miguel Angel Muñoz

Motivated by the recent experimental observation of anomalous magneto-transport properties near the Mott quantum critical point (QCP) of pyrochlore iridates, we study the generic topological band structure near QCP in the presence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-10 Taekoo Oh , Hiroaki Ishizuka , Bohm-Jung Yang

Topological phase transitions challenge conventional paradigms in many-body physics by separating phases that are locally indistinguishable yet globally distinct. Using a quantum simulator of interacting erbium atoms in an optical lattice,…

In this article, we study quantum critical phenomena in surfaces of symmetry-protected topological matter, i.e. surface topological quantum criticality. A generic phase boundary of gapless surfaces in a symmetry-protected state shall be a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-06 Saran Vijayan , Fei Zhou