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The problem of a quantum Ising degree of freedom coupled to a gapless bosonic mode appears naturally in many one dimensional systems, yet surprisingly little is known how such a coupling affects the Ising quantum critical point. We…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-02-21 Ori Alberton , Jonathan Ruhman , Erez Berg , Ehud Altman

We construct a broad class of frustration-free quantum vertex models in 3+1D whose ground states are weighted superpositions of classical 3D vertex model configurations. Our results are illustrated for diamond, cubic, and BCC lattices, but…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-22 Shankar Balasubramanian , Daniel Bulmash , Victor Galitski , Ashvin Vishwanath

We use the Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) to systematically characterize gapped phases in 2+1 dimensions with categorical symmetries. The SymTFTs that we consider are (3+1)d Dijkgraaf-Witten (DW) theories for finite groups $G$,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-10 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Apoorv Tiwari , Alison Warman

An analysis is presented of the phase transition of the quantum Ising model with transverse field on the d-dimensional hypercubic lattice. It is shown that there is a unique sharp transition. The value of the critical point is calculated…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. E. Björnberg , G. R. Grimmett

A phenomenon of classical quantization is discussed. This is revealed in the class of pseudoclassical gauge systems with nonlinear nilpotent constraints containing some free parameters. Variation of parameters does not change local (gauge)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Khazret Nirov , Mikhail Plyushchay

We introduce exactly solvable gapless quantum systems in $d$ dimensions that support symmetry protected topological (SPT) edge modes. Our construction leads to long-range entangled, critical points or phases that can be interpreted as…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-12-08 Thomas Scaffidi , Daniel E. Parker , Romain Vasseur

Topological classifications of quantum critical systems have recently attracted growing interest, as they go beyond the traditional paradigms of condensed matter and statistical physics. However, such classifications remain largely…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-03 Sheng Yang , Hai-Qing Lin , Xue-Jia Yu

Recently a new class of quantum phases of matter: symmetry protected topological states, such as topological insulators, attracted much attention. In presence of interactions, group cohomology provides a classification of these [X. Chen et…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-04-05 Andrej Mesaros , Ying Ran

An anyon-chain-like lattice model with symmetry described by the Ising fusion category is studied. Combining numerical and analytical studies, we uncover a rich phase diagram that contains three phases: a symmetric critical phase and two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-23 Soumil Roychowdhury , Chenjie Wang

We study gapless phases in (3+1)d in the presence of 1-form and non-invertible duality symmetries. Using the Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) approach, we classify the gapless symmetry-protected (gSPT) phases in these setups, with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-02 Andrea Antinucci , Christian Copetti , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

In this work, we analyze the macroscopic observables in the 1+1D gapped phases with Abelian onsite symmetries and show that the spacetime observables for each gapped phase form a clear structure that can be mathematically described by…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-08 Rongge Xu , Zhi-Hao Zhang

It is well-known that gauging a finite 0-form symmetry in a quantum field theory leads to a dual symmetry generated by topological Wilson line defects. These are described by the representations of the 0-form symmetry group which form a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-23 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Jingxiang Wu

We perform a comprehensive analytical study of the exotic quantum phases and phase transitions emerging from the cluster-Ising model with off-diagonal Gamma interactions. Specifically, we map out the ground-state phase diagram by analyzing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-16 Wei-Lin Li , Dan-Dan Liang , Zhi Li , Xue-Jia Yu

We propose a general framework to characterize gapped infra-red (IR) phases of theories with non-invertible (or categorical) symmetries. In this paper we focus on (1+1)d gapped phases with fusion category symmetries. The approach that we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-29 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Lea E. Bottini , Daniel Pajer , Sakura Schafer-Nameki

We use the Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) to study and classify gapped phases in (2+1)d for a class of categorical symmetries, referred to as being of bosonic type. The SymTFTs for these symmetries are given by twisted and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-27 Lakshya Bhardwaj , Daniel Pajer , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Apoorv Tiwari , Alison Warman , Jingxiang Wu

Gauging a finite Abelian normal subgroup $\Gamma$ of a nonanomalous 0-form symmetry $G$ of a theory in $(d+1)$D spacetime can yield an unconventional critical point if the original theory has a continuous transition where $\Gamma$ is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-08-08 Lei Su

In this paper we continue our investigation of the global categorical symmetries that arise when gauging finite higher groups and their higher subgroups with discrete torsion. The motivation is to provide a common perspective on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-28 Thomas Bartsch , Mathew Bullimore , Andrea E. V. Ferrari , Jamie Pearson

We investigate the gauging of higher-form finite Abelian symmetries and their sub-groups in quantum spin models in spatial dimensions $d=2$ and 3. Doing so, we naturally uncover gauged models with dual higher-group symmetries and potential…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-19 Heidar Moradi , Ömer M. Aksoy , Jens H. Bardarson , Apoorv Tiwari

A system defined by two coupled Ising models, with a bimodal random field acting in one of them, is investigated. The interactions among variables of each Ising system are infinite-ranged, a limit where mean field becomes exact. This model…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-06-24 Octavio D. Rodriguez Salmon , Fernando Dantas Nobre

To study discrete dynamical systems of different types --- deterministic, statistical and quantum --- we develop various approaches. We introduce the concept of a system of discrete relations on an abstract simplicial complex and develop…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-11-10 Vladimir V. Kornyak